Sputnik - Ankara is planning to build a wall along the border with Iran within the framework of the efforts to prevent the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is listed as a terror group in Turkey, from entering the country's territory, the Hurriyet newspaper reported on Monday, citing an official.





MOSCOW (Sputnik)�� Earlier in�May, media reported that Turkey was reinforcing the border with�Syria in�the southeastern part of�the country with�country's forces reportedly launching construction of�a concrete wall.
"The PKK has the Maku, Dambat, Navur, Kotr, Keneresh and Sehidan camps inside Iran near�the Turkish border. There are some 800-1,000 PKK terrorists in�those camps. They enter Turkey, carry out�attacks and leave� As a precaution against�this, we are going to�build a wall along�70 kilometers of�the border near�Agr? and [the eastern province of] Igd?r," the official said, as�quoted by�the newspaper.


The rest of�the border, which will be equipped with�lights, will be closed with�towers and iron fences, the official added. The highway in�the eastern province of�Tunceli will be placed under�round-the-clock surveillance, according to�the newspaper.

After the ceasefire between�Turkey and the PKK broke down�in 2015, Ankara started a military operation against�Kurdish militants. Turkey's Defense Minister Fikri Isik said in�April that the government forces had killed over�10,000 Kurdish militants since�July 2016.