Turkey vowed Monday to counter terrorism until peace and security is ensured all over the country.
President Abdullah Gul, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Buyukanit voiced the determination in a statement released after their tripartite meeting in the Presidential Palace.
"Turkish security forces will fight against terrorism. We will take all required measures to counter it," said the statement, reaffirming the need for international sensitivity, cooperation and determination to combat terrorism.
It reiterated that "our fight will continue with the determination of our security forces and all state institutions and with the support of our nation until peace and security is ensured throughout Turkey."
The meeting came one day after Turkish General Staff announced in a statement that a total of 13 security soldiers were killed during an attack on military units in Sirnak province in southeastern Turkey, which staged by the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK).
The PKK has increased its attacks on government troops in southeastern Turkey, which led to rising Turkish demands for an incursion into northern Iraq to crush the rebels based there.
The group, listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, launched an armed campaign for an ethnic homeland in the mainly Kurdish southeastern Turkey in 1984, sparking decades of strife that has claimed more than 30, 000 lives.
Source: Xinhua
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