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Journalists Alayumat and Akman standing trial on charges of “spying” and “being a member of an illegal organization” face 45 years in prison each.

A border wall similar to the “security wall” build on the Syrian border has begun to be built on the Iranian border. The wall built by TOKİ will be 144 km long.

Four refugees who were battered while attempting to cross to Antep from Syria have been deported. The soldiers who inflicted violence on the refugees have been detained and judicial and administrative actions have been launched into them.

President Erdoğan speaking at the 38th Village Head’s Meeting said that after the wall on the Syrian border was completed, “We will do the same on the Iraqi border and we will carry this out also on proper spots of the Iranian border” and added “They will not be able to enter”.

The territory of two border guard posts in Kilis have been declared a special security zone.

Records of phone calls between some soldiers on duty on Syrian border and ISIS members have been released.

DİHA reporter Nazım Daştan was summoned to testify for charges related to “photographing in a military zone” while reporting on the Syrian refugees crossing the border.

The Turkish Prime Ministry announced on Wednesday they had responded to the deadly cross-border shelling from Syria by immediately firing back on Syrian army positions. Parliament also passed a motion allowing the government to send troops abroad if necessary amidst a flurry of international responses.