Terrorist infiltration attempts, illegal and irregular immigrants’ attempts to cross, and smuggling activities are all prevented by the modular concrete wall on Turkey-Iran border, which is 3 meters long and 30 centimeters thick and surrounded by razor wire. Surveillance on the border line can be conducted day and night thanks to the high image quality of the latest system thermal cameras produced by ASELSAN, a subsidiary of the Turkish Armed Forces Solidarity Foundation, using entirely domestic and national resources.
Ağrı Governor Osman Varol stated that the border line was equipped with advanced technology and that after the wall was built, there was a 60 percent decrease in the number of irregular migrants and said, “What we call an integrated security system is not just a wall. One of the most important elements is a wall over 3 meters, but it is a wall made of concrete blocks with razor wires on it. We have an 87 kilometer border line with Iran in Ağrı province. There is a border wall at 83.6 kilometers of this border line. The rest are technically impossible to build a wall. This part is also places where it is not possible for people to pass. We are considering different measures for this place as well. We have seismic wires at some points in this region. In other words, when there is any movement or vibration on the ground, we have systems that detect this and give a warning alarm. As a result, the Ağrı line of the 81-kilometer Turkey-Iran border has been completely closed with the integrated border security system,” he said.
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