ANKARA - "We should create a joint platform against terrorism. First, we should dissolve shelter of terrorism inside Turkey," Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.
Upon a question about slogans chanted during funerals of martyrs, Prime Minister Erdogan said, "some people booed members of the cabinet during the funerals. And our press use the slogans `murderer government` it in headlines. What has this government done to deserve the attribute of murderer? We should create a joint platform against terrorism."
"I do not say that there is negligence of security forces on terrorism. This is the nature of terror. They hit the twin towers in the United States and even the Pentagon, one of the best protected places in the world," he said.
Prime Minister Erdogan said that the fight against terrorism inside Turkey would be intensified. First, we should dissolve shelter of terrorism inside Turkey. It is not a solution to asphalt the roads since terrorists can remove block of asphalt and place land-mines under it."
Asked about the Nationalist Movement Party`s (MHP) proposals about northern Iraq, Erdogan said, "MHP proposes to close down the Habur border crossing and cut electricity. But there are Turkish constructors in the region. MHP does not take into consideration their benefits."