Turkey aims to stop smugglers, PKK with security wall along Iran border
Turkish authorities hope the 144-kilometre wall being built along its eastern border with Iran will reduce illegal cross-border movement and help them in the fight against the PKK terror group.
![Turkey began construction of the 144-kilometre-long barrier in August as a means of blocking cross-border movement. Turkey began construction of the 144-kilometre-long barrier in August as a means of blocking cross-border movement.](https://cdn-i.pr.trt.com.tr/trtworld/w664/h374/q70/0m_30821_TUR20180604Iranwall2_1523005285514.png)
Turkey began construction of the 144-kilometre-long barrier in August as a means of blocking cross-border movement.
Turkey is approaching the halfway mark in the construction of a new security wall along its eastern border with Iran.
Turkey began construction of the 144-kilometre-long barrier in August as a means of blocking cross-border movement.
Turkish authorities say the wall will help them better combat smugglers as well as the PKK terror group.
The Turkey-Iran wall is in addition to its existing wall on the country's southern border with Syria.
TRT World's Joseph Hayat reports.