President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has emphasized that security concerns will be addressed with new operations in Syria during his opening speech at the Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) 30th Consultation and Evaluation Meeting.
President Erdoğan, who is also the AK Party chairperson, attended the party's evaluation camp in Ankara’s Kızılcahamam district.
Noting that preparations for new operations have started, he said, "We have shattered the terror corridor created on our southern border with the Euphrates Shield (2016), Olive Branch (2018) and Peace Spring (2019) operations, and most recently, Operation Claw-Lock in April."
"Our fierce struggle against the PKK terrorist group and the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) comes from our responsibility to our nation. We know that the actors we come across are just apparatuses. Our struggle is with the real enemies," he added.
"Not even a single inch of the land of our beloved homeland will be seized without the last person of this nation being martyred. Turkey's potential and power are beyond the scales," he said.
Speaking about Finland and Sweden's NATO bids, "While world security and the economy is being redefined, Turkey is showing its difference," he said.
"We spoke with Stoltenberg on Friday. NATO is not an organization that will provide terrorist security. Nobody should expect us to make the same mistake while terrorist organizations are running around in Sweden and Finland, while they are carrying their posters, and terrorist organizations are running around in Greece," he outlined.
President Erdoğan told NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg by phone that Turkey's security concerns regarding Sweden and Finland's membership bids were based on just and legitimate grounds.
Criticizing the opposition CHP's Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu that he still has not announced their presidential candidate, Erdoğan also emphasized the public services that have been actualized since the AK Party came to power based on numerical data.
