ANKARA (CIHAN) - The Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated yesterday that Thursday's explosions in Ankara and Istanbul affected the NATO Summit to be held in Istanbul in June 28-29 negatively.
Answering reporters' question before leaving Ankara Esenboga Airport for Istanbul, Erdogan said, "We don't have any new information concerning the explosions. The explosions will have a negative effect on the NATO Summit. This kind of activities has a negative effect on the prestige of Turkey."
Erdogan added that the tourism season had just started and these incidents could also negatively affect the tourism sector.