Turkey–Syria border barrier

Turkish border guards manning armoured vehicles disperse protesters with a water cannon along the Turkey–Syria fence in Kobanî.[1]

The Turkey–Syria border barrier is a wall and fence under construction along the Syria–Turkey border aimed at preventing illegal crossings and smuggling from Syria into Turkey.[2][3] The 828 km (515-mile)[4] wall was built by TOKI, Turkey’s state-owned construction enterprise[5] and will comprise Turkey's entire border with Syria. It will be made of seven-ton concrete blocks topped with razor wire and stand three meters (10 feet) high and two meters (6.5 feet) wide;[6] and will include 120 border towers in critical locations and a security road[2] with regular military patrols.[6] Begun in 2014,[7] 690 km of the border wall have been completed by June 2017 and it is expected to be completed in July 2017.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ "AP: In the Turkish forces attack, 1 killed in Kobani, dozens injured". Voice of America. 2 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 Reuters: "Turkish developer confident Syria wall in place by spring" By Nevzat Devranoglu and Orhan Coskun December 9, 2016
  3. ↑ The Daily Telegraph: "Turkey to build 500-mile wall on Syria border after Isil Suruc bombing" by Nabih Bulos 23 Jul 2015
  4. 1 2 Daily Sabah: "Turkey-Syria border wall construction nears completion" 11 Jun 2017
  5. ↑ "Turkey’s ‘great wall’ nearing completion". Al Monitor. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  6. 1 2 Business Insider: "Turkey is getting close to finishing its border wall with Syria" by Orhan Coskun and Daren Butler September 28, 2016
  7. ↑ Afanasieva, Dasha (5 May 2014). "Turkey builds wall in token effort to secure border with Syria". Reuters.


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