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| Turkey-Syria border wall to be completed by end of September |
| 2017-09-23 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] The construction of a concrete barrier along hundreds of kilometers of ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ’s border with Syria is expected to be completed by the end of September, a A total of 731 kilometers (454 miles) of the border wall has already been finished, the official told the agency. The remaining 97 km (60 miles) of the wall will be completed by the end of this month, the official added. As part of Turkey’s measures to increase border security and to combat smuggling and illegal border crossings, Ankara launched the construction project in 2015 to build 828 km (514 miles) of the wall. Turkey shares a 911 km (566-mile) border with Syria, which has been embroiled in a civil war since 2011. The border wall project incorporates physical, electronic and advanced technology layers. The physical layer includes modular concrete walls, patrol routes, manned and unmanned towers and passenger tracks. Modular walls are being erected along the |
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