ANKARA - ''It seems that today's attack on the Council of State is not due to personal reasons,'' said Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.
President Sezer who visited the Council of State building, stressed that today's attack is one on the Republic of Turkey and its democratic and secular regime.
President Sezer noted that Turkey will not go backwards from its Republic and will protect its democratic and secular regime with the assistance of all of its institutions.