BY ERGUN BABAHAN
SABAH- Traitors who want to block Turkey's democratic development, pit brother against brother, and turn the country from an island of peace and democracy to a pool of blood have again made their presence felt.
They aim to scare, frighten and oppress the people.
We've known for years that certain circles have been trying to play tricks on our country. We've known that our road is bumpy.
But we've faced very hard times before, and we'll be able to overcome this one as well.
Terrorism has two goals: to sow hatred among people and to suspend the democratic process. Such dirty games will continue.
As Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan and opposition leaders Deniz Baykal, Erkan Mumcu and Mehmet Agar said, we're going through a period when we need to unite, not fall into terrorism's trap.
As underlined by the top commander Yasar Buyukanit, dark hands will try to do their misdeeds in big cities.
Now all people should act together and unite in line with the calls of all top leaders.
Furthermore, security forces bear a great responsibility to quickly apprehend the attackers and make them face justice for this outrage.
Our police and intelligence services have the ability to get through this issue.
In order to make progress amid the bloody games in the region without becoming part of them, Turkey should steadfastly fight terrorism as well as strengthen its democratic, secular rule of law.