President Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Tuesday that Turkey would take no step back in its fight against terrorism, after it launched air strikes on Islamic State fighters in northern Syria and on Kurdish militant camps in northern Iraq.
Erdogan vows no step back in "fight against terrorism"
"No steps back will be taken in our fight against terrorism, this is a process and it will continue with the same determination," Erdogan
Turkey's Erdogan vows no step back in "fight against terrorism"
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"No steps back will be taken in our fight against terrorism, this is a process and it will continue with the same determination," Erdogan told a news conference ahead of his departure on an official visit to China.
He said he expected the NATO military alliance, which holds an emergency meeting on Tuesday, would declare itself ready to take the necessary steps, but gave no details.
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