(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Türkiye is increasing security measures along the Syrian and
Iranian borders by installing more walls and seismic and lighting
devices, the Interior Ministry has informed the parliament,
trend reports citing
hurriyet daily news .
The report prepared by the ministry within the scope of budget
studies emphasized that around 300 million Turkish Liras of
resources were allocated for implementing security projects.
“The construction of 1,077 kilometers of security walls and
patrol roads on the 1,471 kilometers of Iranian and Syrian borders
has been completed, increasing the length of the security wall and
patrol road by 167 percent from 403 kilometers,” it added.
The construction of the security wall and patrol road on the
837-kilometer part of the 911-kilometer Syrian border was
completed, the ministry also said, informing that the length of the
security wall and patrol road on the Iranian border was increased
from 93 kilometers to 240 kilometers in five years.
“The tender for the first phase of the project for the
construction of a patrol road and high-security panel fence on the
33-kilometer embankment along the Habur and Hezil streams that form
our Iraqi border, starting from the easternmost point of the
Türkiye-Syria border, has been completed,” the report said.
The site has been allocated, and it is aimed to start the work
before the end of this year, according to the ministry.
The report pointed out that 300 of the 341 electro-optical
towers on the borders were put into operation, while the remaining
part will be activated in 2023. It noted that 91 of the towers
built within the scope of an EU-funded project are located on the
western border and 250 on the eastern border.
It also pointed out that 139 armored surveillance vehicles were
made available to the border troops and that the supply and
delivery of 284 thermal cameras within the scope of the project
carried out with Türkiye's leading defense company Aselsan was
completed.
Aselsan ranked 49th in Defense News Top 100 global list last
year. The Turkish Armed Forces Foundation owns 74.2 percent shares
of the company, while 25.8 percent is traded on Borsa Istanbul.
A total of 151 seismic sensor systems were also installed on the
Iranian border in the southeastern province of Hakkari, while the
installation work continues on the Iranian borders in the provinces
of Ağrı and Iğdır, according to the report.
It was also noted that the length of the border lighting system
reached 988 kilometers and that borders will be monitored from a
single source by the National Coordination and Joint Risk Analysis
Center (UKARAM).
Türkiye has become one of the key transit points for migrants
looking to cross into Europe to start new lives, especially those
fleeing war and persecution.
Thanks to the security measures taken at the border gates, over
248,727 illegal migrants were prevented from entering the country
in 2022.
With the efforts to detect and identify illegal migrants and
organizers, more than 200,000 migrants have been caught since the
beginning of the year, an increase of 86 percent compared to the
same period last year.