President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hailed Turkish safety forces’ cross-border operations in northern Syria and Iraq in opposition to terror teams late Friday and stated his nation’s forces are “just waiting for the right time” for brand new operations.
Erdoğan stated in a televised interview that Türkiye has carried out “the biggest and most effective fight” in its historical past in opposition to terror organizations that pose a risk to the nation’s nationwide safety within the final 20 years.
Cross-border operations have prevented terror organizations’ makes an attempt to create a terror hall in three to 4 areas at its borders, in accordance with Erdoğan, who stated the remaining areas shall be secured security, step-by-step.
“Therefore, our cross-border operations are not over. We are just waiting for the right time,” he stated.
Türkiye has lengthy suffered from terror assaults, particularly from the PKK and its Syrian offshoot, the YPG. In its greater than 35-year terror marketing campaign in opposition to Türkiye, the PKK — listed as a terror group by Türkiye, the U.S. and the EU — has been accountable for the deaths of greater than 40,000 folks, together with girls, kids and infants.
Ankara was additionally one of many first international locations to declare Daesh/ISIS a terror group. The nation has since been attacked a number of occasions by terrorists. The terror group has carried out a minimum of 10 suicide bombings, seven bomb assaults and 4 armed assaults, killing 315 folks and injuring a whole lot extra.
In response, Türkiye launched anti-terror operations at residence and overseas to stop additional assaults.
Regarding potential threats or incidents through the May 14 elections in Türkiye or afterward, Erdoğan affirmed that “Our security forces currently are working tirelessly to prevent any (possible) terror act or provocative incident before and after the elections.”
Voters will select between Erdoğan, main opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Muharrem İnce and Sinan Oğan.
In addition, 24 political events and 151 unbiased candidates are vying for seats within the 600-member Turkish parliament.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
