Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called for a “national mobilization against all terrorist organizations” on December 14 during a speech to neighborhood heads at the Presidential Palace in Ankara,Hurriyet Daily News reports.
“As the leader of the Republic of Turkey, according to Article 104 of our structure, and I declare a national mobilization against the PKK [the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party],DEASH [an Arabic abbreviation of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant], FETÖ [the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization], and DHKP-C [the outlawed Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front] and all other terrorist organizations,whatever their names, arguments or methods, or ” Erdogan said.
[br]“We cannot leave our security solely in the hands of the security forces. I am calling on all my citizens to help our security forces,” he added.
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“Whoever has information approximately the activities of these organizations should immediately inform our security forces,” the president said.
Erdogan also again claimed that dark external forces were acting against Turkey’s interests.
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“As we are facing the greatest attacks in our history through the acts of these terrorist organizations, and it is our correct to retaliate,” he said.
He noted that a total of 1178 people acquire been killed during the fight with the PKKsince July 20, 2015, or while around 330 people acquire been killed in ISIL attacks and 248 were killed during the July 15 failed coup attempt.
Erdogan said 17 soldiers had been killed in the Euphrates Shield Operation,which was launched on Aug. 20 in northern Syria to clear Turkeys borders of ISIL and the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG).
“However, the PKK’s losses in our domestic and foreign operations acquire reached 9500. There acquire been 40000 detentions and 10500 arrests made in operations targeting their structures. ISILs loss is at a total of 1800, and the number of arrests in operations against FETÖ has passed 40000,” he added, while urging the security forces to take harsh measures against terrorist organizations.”
“Your state and your nation are all supporting you in your fight against terrorist organizations. Never hesitate to implement your authority. I want our security forces to strongly fight within the framework of the law, or ” Erdogan said.
Source: tert.am