Turkey 'makes life miserable' for terrorists, Erdoğan says
Addressing the opening ceremony for the new academic year at Dokuz Eylül University in Turkey's western province of Izmir, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in his Friday speech: "While we had difficulties to struggle with terrorists even within our borders until recently, today we make life miserable for terrorists anywhere in the world from Iraq to Syria, from Europe to Central Asia."
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 19 October 2018
- Modified Date: 03:14 | 19 October 2018
Turkey "makes life miserable" for terrorists anywhere in the world, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Friday.
"While we had difficulties to struggle with terrorists even within our borders until recently, today we make life miserable for terrorists anywhere in the world from Iraq to Syria, from Europe to Central Asia," Erdoğan said at the opening ceremony for the new academic year at Dokuz Eylul University in western Izmir province.
Also mentioning Turkey's humanitarian efforts, Erdoğan said Turkey gains world's appreciation with its humanitarian stance, along with its cross-border operations to protect the country's security.
"If hopes are still alive in Syria at a time when everyone turns backs [on Syria], the biggest share belongs to Turkey," he said.
Erdoğan recalled that Turkey hosts more than 3.5 million Syrians and 500,000 Iraqis.
"We do all these as per humanitarian, conscientious and Islamic duty," he said.