Turkey’s parliament speaker reiterated Ankara’s relentless struggle against terrorism on Saturday.
“Turkey is determined to continue its fight against terrorists and their supporters by making no compromises on its attitude that embraces the whole of Turkish citizens,” said Mustafa Sentop on Saturday at a news conference ahead of his departure to Iraq.
Sentop visited Iraq on Saturday to attend “the Baghdad summit of parliaments of neighboring countries”, along with a delegation to meet their counterparts from Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Turkey, Jordan and Syria.
He expressed his deep sorrow over the martyrdom of four Turkish soldiers and injuring of six others on Friday during operations against terrorists.
He offered his condolences to the families of the martyrs and to the Turkish nation, and wished the injured soldiers a quick recovery.