RIZE - Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated determination to counter terrorism on Sunday.
Erdogan said Turkish security forces would continue to combat terrorism until it was eradicated and until terrorists laid down their arms.
"Our fight against terrorism continue from the air and land, and we will continue our fight in line with the intelligence we acquired until terrorism is eradicated and until terrorists laid down their arms," Erdogan told reporters in the northeastern province of Rize.
Erdogan said Turkey could not remain indifferent to what was going on, and Turkey was staging those operation for the sake of its people and for the integrity of the country.
Premier Erdogan said Turkey would not make any concessions of its fight, and called on terrorists to benefit from repentance law.
The terrorist organization PKK staged an armed attack on a military outpost in the southeastern province of Hakkari on Friday night, and then a clash erupted between the security forces and terrorists.
Six security officers lost their lives and two others were wounded in the clash, while Turkish security forces killed 19 terrorists.
Turkish tanks and planes pounded terrorist targets in north of Iraq as of Saturday evening, and took terrorists, stationed in north of Iraq, out of action.
Among the hit targets, there were terrorists who attacked the military outpost in Hakkari.
(BRC)