Turkey has complated the construction of a 700-mile wall on the border with Syria.
The fencing is intended to prevent the infiltration of terrorists into Turkey, the Defense Minister of Turkey Fikri Isik told reporters.
He also said that the works on construction of similar walls started at the border with Iran, Hurriyet newspaper told Thursday.
Speaking in the Parliament, the Defense Minister said that within the framework of the ensured “integrated security”, outside borders of Turkey would be equipped with lighting systems, sensors and surveillance cameras.
As a reference, Turkey is bordered by Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran to the east; Iraq and Syria to the south.
