Ramazan Özdemir • 05 January 2016 • update: 05 January 2016
Concrete wall built on Turkey - Syria border
HATAY, TURKEY - JANUARY 5: Turkish soldiers detain people who tried to cross into Turkey from Syria illegally in Hatay, Turkey on January 5, 2016. Security measures are being heightened at the Syrian border in Yayladagi district, Hatay, where over a hundred thousand people and four thousand smuggled animals have been caught over the last year. The border is guarded 24 hours a day with armored vehicles and work has begun to construct a 4-meter high "concrete block" wall in the district and neighboring Altinozu.
(Ramazan Özdemir - Anadolu Agency)Ramazan Özdemir
Concrete wall built on Turkey - Syria border
HATAY, TURKEY - JANUARY 5: Turkish soldiers detain people who tried to cross into Turkey from Syria illegally in Hatay, Turkey on January 5, 2016. Security measures are being heightened at the Syrian border in Yayladagi district, Hatay, where over a hundred thousand people and four thousand smuggled animals have been caught over the last year. The border is guarded 24 hours a day with armored vehicles and work has begun to construct a 4-meter high "concrete block" wall in the district and neighboring Altinozu.
(Ramazan Özdemir - Anadolu Agency)Ramazan Özdemir
Concrete wall built on Turkey - Syria border
HATAY, TURKEY - JANUARY 5: Turkish soldiers detain people who tried to cross into Turkey from Syria illegally in Hatay, Turkey on January 5, 2016. Security measures are being heightened at the Syrian border in Yayladagi district, Hatay, where over a hundred thousand people and four thousand smuggled animals have been caught over the last year. The border is guarded 24 hours a day with armored vehicles and work has begun to construct a 4-meter high "concrete block" wall in the district and neighboring Altinozu.
(Ramazan Özdemir - Anadolu Agency)Ramazan Özdemir
Concrete wall built on Turkey - Syria border
HATAY, TURKEY - JANUARY 5: Turkish soldiers detain people who tried to cross into Turkey from Syria illegally in Hatay, Turkey on January 5, 2016. Security measures are being heightened at the Syrian border in Yayladagi district, Hatay, where over a hundred thousand people and four thousand smuggled animals have been caught over the last year. The border is guarded 24 hours a day with armored vehicles and work has begun to construct a 4-meter high "concrete block" wall in the district and neighboring Altinozu.
(Ramazan Özdemir - Anadolu Agency)Ramazan Özdemir
Concrete wall built on Turkey - Syria border
HATAY, TURKEY - JANUARY 5: Turkish soldiers detain people who tried to cross into Turkey from Syria illegally in Hatay, Turkey on January 5, 2016. Security measures are being heightened at the Syrian border in Yayladagi district, Hatay, where over a hundred thousand people and four thousand smuggled animals have been caught over the last year. The border is guarded 24 hours a day with armored vehicles and work has begun to construct a 4-meter high "concrete block" wall in the district and neighboring Altinozu.
(Ramazan Özdemir - Anadolu Agency)Ramazan Özdemir
Concrete wall built on Turkey - Syria border
HATAY, TURKEY - JANUARY 5: A Turkish soldier frisks the people who tried to cross into Turkey from Syria illegally in Hatay, Turkey on January 5, 2016. Security measures are being heightened at the Syrian border in Yayladagi district, Hatay, where over a hundred thousand people and four thousand smuggled animals have been caught over the last year. The border is guarded 24 hours a day with armored vehicles and work has begun to construct a 4-meter high "concrete block" wall in the district and neighboring Altinozu.
(Ramazan Özdemir - Anadolu Agency)Ramazan Özdemir
Concrete wall built on Turkey - Syria border
HATAY, TURKEY - JANUARY 5: Concrete wall built along the Turkey - Syria border is seen in Hatay, Turkey on January 5, 2016. Security measures are being heightened at the Syrian border in Yayladagi district, Hatay, where over a hundred thousand people and four thousand smuggled animals have been caught over the last year. The border is guarded 24 hours a day with armored vehicles and work has begun to construct a 4-meter high "concrete block" wall in the district and neighboring Altinozu. (Ramazan Özdemir - Anadolu Agency)Ramazan Özdemir
Concrete wall built on Turkey - Syria border
HATAY, TURKEY - JANUARY 5: Concrete wall built along the Turkey - Syria border is seen in Hatay, Turkey on January 5, 2016. Security measures are being heightened at the Syrian border in Yayladagi district, Hatay, where over a hundred thousand people and four thousand smuggled animals have been caught over the last year. The border is guarded 24 hours a day with armored vehicles and work has begun to construct a 4-meter high "concrete block" wall in the district and neighboring Altinozu. (Ramazan Özdemir - Anadolu Agency)Ramazan Özdemir
Concrete wall built on Turkey - Syria border
HATAY, TURKEY - JANUARY 5: Concrete wall is built along the Turkey - Syria border in Hatay, Turkey on January 5, 2016. Security measures are being heightened at the Syrian border in Yayladagi district, Hatay, where over a hundred thousand people and four thousand smuggled animals have been caught over the last year. The border is guarded 24 hours a day with armored vehicles and work has begun to construct a 4-meter high "concrete block" wall in the district and neighboring Altinozu. (Ramazan Özdemir - Anadolu Agency)Ramazan Özdemir
Concrete wall built on Turkey - Syria border
HATAY, TURKEY - JANUARY 5: Concrete wall is built along the Turkey - Syria border in Hatay, Turkey on January 5, 2016. Security measures are being heightened at the Syrian border in Yayladagi district, Hatay, where over a hundred thousand people and four thousand smuggled animals have been caught over the last year. The border is guarded 24 hours a day with armored vehicles and work has begun to construct a 4-meter high "concrete block" wall in the district and neighboring Altinozu. (Ramazan Özdemir - Anadolu Agency)Ramazan Özdemir
Concrete wall built on Turkey - Syria border
HATAY, TURKEY - JANUARY 5: Concrete wall is built along the Turkey - Syria border in Hatay, Turkey on January 5, 2016. Security measures are being heightened at the Syrian border in Yayladagi district, Hatay, where over a hundred thousand people and four thousand smuggled animals have been caught over the last year. The border is guarded 24 hours a day with armored vehicles and work has begun to construct a 4-meter high "concrete block" wall in the district and neighboring Altinozu. (Ramazan Özdemir - Anadolu Agency)Ramazan Özdemir