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Turkey Puts 11 Radar Stations to Monitor Activity in the Aegean

Turkey is establishing 11 radar stations across its coastline in order to monitor all activity in the Aegean with the aim to curb illegal activities, Hurriyet Daily News says.
Officially, the goal is to stop illegal activity in the Aegean, mainly migrant smuggling and illegal fishing. The first phase of the project covers an area from the shores of Marmara Sea to Datca, across from the Greek island of Symi.
A total of 11 observation stations have already been set up on the coastline of Turkey and the first tests are now being carried out to see if the systems are working properly.
Seven government authorities will be cooperating in order to act when illegal activities are detected, from migrant trafficking to smuggling goods. The data gathered by the observation stations will be analyzed by various algorithms automatically and in the event of an ‘anomaly’, such as boats suspected of trafficking or sea vessels moving slower than usual, the control center operators will command the cameras to zoom in to that area and send the images to the base in Ankara.
From there, the data will be transmitted to the port authorities, naval forces, transport agencies, environment agencies, the agriculture and commerce ministries, and if the competent authorities confirm that there is illegal activity, then the coast guard will rush to the location to act.

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