ANKARA - "I condemn those who staged this heinous offense targeting innocent people, and the idea they represent," Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said on Tuesday after an explosion ripped through a busy shopping center in the capital city of Ankara.
President Sezer expressed his profound sorrow over the explosion in which six people were killed and nearly 80 others were injured.
"I condemn those who staged this heinous offense targeting innocent people, and the idea they represent. Those who are trying to disturb tranquillity in our country, will never be allowed to reach their obnoxious targets as a result of our nation's solidarity and our security forces' self-sacrificing efforts," he said.
"Our state has the necessary power to overcome all kinds of problems. We wish that our nation will not suffer such a grief once again," he emphasized.
President Sezer also offered his condolences to those who lost their beloved ones in the explosion.