Turkey improves security of Syria border with smart system

Turkey has improved its border security with an additional application on some 40-kilometer (24-mile) part of "Turkish Wall" along its border with Syria.

Kemal Ak, a member of project team, told Anadolu Agency that Turkish ministries of Interior and National Defense had built a 911-km (566-mile) concrete wall as part of a Border Physical Security Systems project, and they wanted to contribute to this work.

Explaining the system, he said: "Apart from illustration, we have set up a system with solar energy. We developed the systems of illustration, camera and censor."

Ak added that once a border violation was detected, cameras would turn towards that area and the scene would directly be forwarded to operations center and police station.

Noting that the whole project was being realized by Turkish engineers, he said: "We've applied this for the first time in [southeastern Şanlıurfa's] Akçakale border."

He went on to say that efforts for borders along with Iran, Georgia and Armenia were ongoing and the system would become widespread once it is seen useful by the statesmen.

The smart weapons and automatic announcement system installed on the eight-meter (26 feet) high armored towers established in the border regions prevented the illegal transitions to a great extent and the terror group's mobility on the other side of the border is also reduced.

Ankara had launched the construction project in 2015 as part of Turkey's measures to increase border security and combat smuggling and illegal border-crossings.

Turkey shares a 911-km (566-miles) border with Syria which has been embroiled in a civil war since 2011.