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Turkiye and Iran are cracking down on illegal border crossings and the inflow of members of terrorist organizations in border areas.
(Istanbul = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Dong-ho = A shooting occurred on the border between Turkmenistan and Iran, killing one Turkic soldier, the Turkiye Ministry of Defense announced in a briefing on the 5th (local time).
According to the Turkiye Ministry of Defense, on the 31st of last month, while the Turkic Army was cracking down on illegal border crossings in the land border checkpoint area toward Iran, a soldier of the Turkic Army died after being hit by a bullet believed to have been fired from the Iranian side.
In relation to this, Türkiyeh's Ministry of National Defense immediately began investigating the facts and held a meeting with Iranian officials at the scene of the incident on the 3rd of this month.
“Efforts to uncover all aspects of this incident are being carried out in close cooperation with the Iranian authorities,” Defense Ministry explained.
Turkiye's Ministry of Defense did not provide any further details, such as who fired the gun.
However, it was added that 665 people who were attempting to enter the country illegally were recently arrested, and 8 of them were confirmed to be members of a terrorist organization.

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