ISTANBUL
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed that his country reserves the right to carry out every kind of operations at home and abroad against terror threats.
“Turkey will use its right to expand its rules of engagement beyond [responding to] actual attacks against it and to encompass all terror threats, including PYD and Daesh in particular,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a UNESCO meeting in Istanbul Saturday.
His remarks came after a suicide bomb attack in Turkish capital Ankara killed 28 people and wounded 81 others on Feb. 17.
Meanwhile Turkish prime minister has revealed efforts for a “comprehensive” action plan to enhance security after the capital was struck by a terrorist attack that killed 28 people earlier this week.
Following his visit Saturday to Ankara Governor’s Office in the wake of Wednesday’s attack, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said his government would introduce a new security concept “unique to capital Ankara”.
“Aside from security measures across Turkey, a new and special security mechanism and an action plan that accounts for Ankara’s unique properties will be prepared,” Davutoglu told reporters.
The prime minister said the government would brook no excuses in implementing the action plan, promising to fulfill any equipment and personnel requirements of the law enforcement apparatus.