Gul: Bomb Attacks Against Jewish Citizens Are Attacks Against Whole Turkey

ISTANBUL - Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Sunday that Saturday's bomb attacks against Jewish people were attacks against whole Turkey.
Gul met with Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, who came to Turkey after the bomb attacks on two synagogues in Istanbul.
Following the meeting, Gul said that there were Jewish citizens in Turkey and went on saying, ''they are our citizens and there is not any discrimination among us. This attack against them are attacks against whole Turkey.''
Gul said, ''after these attacks, heads of state, prime ministers and foreign ministers of many countries called us, expressed condolences and asked if there was anything they could do. All countries confirmed cooperation in fight against international terrorism.''
Noting that many Israeli citizens had relatives in Istanbul and they were worried about them, Gul said that Shalom called him yesterday and received information about the incidents.
Gul stated that he came to Turkey to express condolences and to once more confirm support extended to fight against terrorism.
Pointing out that they had the opportunity to share information about the incidents, Gul thanked Shalom for coming to Turkey and expressing condolences.
Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said that he came to Turkey this morning to express condolences to Turkish government and people.
Those attacks against people praying in synagogues were attacks staged by radical people, Shalom noted.
Shalom said that those people staged the attack against countries sharing democracy, freedom and state of law.
Israel believed that if they fought altogether and opposed to extreme radical people, they would win, Shalom noted.
Shalom stated that it was time to see that terrorism hit everywhere.
Noting that those terrorists hit several targets in New York, Moscow, Indonesia, Bali, Kenya, Casablanca, Morocco, Riyadh, and Istanbul, Shalom said that all those attacks were planned by coward people.
Shalom said that the attacks were staged to cause instability in those countries.
Stressing that international community should exert efforts together, Shalom said that if they fought against those terrorists altogether, they could win that struggle.
Shalom expressed belief that Turkish government would do everything to find assailants of the attacks and try them.
Noting that he shared feelings of Turkish people, Shalom expressed condolences to relatives of people who died in attacks and wished quick recovery to the injured.
Shalom added that those attacks hurt both Muslims and the Jews.
Asked what would he say about contributions of MOSSAD to investigation in Istanbul, Gul said that investigation continued and they needed time to record progress.
Replying to a question, Gul noted that security measures were taken around synagogues and parking was not allowed. He added, ''as you see, our policeman died. But, unfortunately the attack could not be prevented.''
Shalom said that Turkey was a very important country in its region and noted that he was sure that Turkish government knew better than everybody the ways to cope with those terrorists.