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"We will continue anti-terror operations until the last terrorist no longer poses a threat to our country"

Presidency of The Republic of Turkey

28.12.2023

Addressing mukhtars at the Presidential Complex, President Erdoğan said: "59 terrorists have been neutralized in the operations carried out since December 22. We will determinedly continue our operations until the last terrorist no longer poses a threat to our country and nation."

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at a meeting with mukhtars at the Exhibition Hall within the Presidential Complex.

"The office of mukhtar is a structure unique to our administrative system," President Erdoğan said. "Our mukhtars ensure that the link between our citizens and higher institutions such as the offices of mayor, district governor and governor remain healthy and sustainable."

"AMID A DETERIORATING SECURITY CLIMATE, TÜRKİYE HAS CARRIED OUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ANTI-TERROR OPERATIONS IN ITS RECENT HISTORY"

Praising the past 7 years as the most successful and effective period in Türkiye's fight against terror, President Erdoğan said: "We have never given way to any of the risks or threats in the world. Amid a deteriorating security climate, Türkiye has carried out the most important anti-terror operations in its recent history."

"As you may recall, immediately after July 15 [coup attempt], we announced to the whole world that our country's anti-terror concept changed and that we would no longer fight threats within our borders, but at their source. We took steps in line with the new concept along our southern borders and launched operations to crush the heads of terrorists in their lairs. We thus foiled the 'imperialist game' that aimed to encircle Türkiye from the south. Today, we continue our operations beyond our borders with the same understanding, and we do not allow terrorists to violate the lands of our homeland with their dirty feet," President Erdoğan said.

"59 TERRORISTS HAVE BEEN NEUTRALIZED SINCE DECEMBER 22"

Wishing once again Allah's mercy on our martyrs who fell to protect our homeland, and extending his condolences to their families and relatives, President Erdoğan said: "59 terrorists have been neutralized in the operations carried out since December 22. Our National Intelligence Organization have carried out highly successful operations against the terrorist infrastructure and its leaders in northern Syria. In this regard, 70 facilities, which were of critical importance to the terrorist organization, were hit. Among these, there are almost oil refineries. We hit all of these. These places burn for days. We will not stop. Wherever there are such resources for them, we will hit and destroy these resources, and we are destroying them. In addition to all this, terrorists are also being eliminated. We will determinedly continue our operations until the last terrorist no longer poses a threat to our country and nation."

Highlighting the harsh terrain of the operation zone in Northern Iraq in terms of geographical and climatic conditions, President Erdoğan said: "For 40 years, terrorists have taken advantage of this harsh terrain to infiltrate and exfiltrate the lands of our country, to carry out their activities, to shed blood, and to commit atrocities. With the areas we have secured in Iraq and Syria, we have taken this advantage away from the terrorist organization. The areas where our troops are conducting operations have such difficult conditions that it is not possible to immediately establish permanent base areas and make advanced security systems operational. However, we do not stop. We press on. We continue our work uninterruptedly in these places where there are no roads and where building roads is very laborious. In the past years, we have built hundreds of kilometers of roads in Northern Iraq for our permanent base areas. We are carrying out the same activities in the new areas under our control. However, as I said, conditions make it difficult for us to move forward at the speed we desire. Inshallah, by spring, we will complete the infrastructure of our new base areas and make terrorists unable to set foot there again."

"WE WILL WORK RELENTLESSLY UNTIL WE RAISE THE WELFARE LEVEL OF OUR CITIZENS TO THE LEVEL THEY DESERVE"

"We will work relentlessly until we raise the welfare level of every member of our nation to the level they deserve, that is, to the level of the citizens of the world's 10 most developed economies," President Erdoğan said.

"Türkiye does not turn its back on any development in the Balkans, Caucasus or Black Sea region, and it is obligated to pay close attention to every issue in our south. We are astounded by those who are surprised by our country's sensitivity to al-Quds, to the massacres in Gaza, and its close attention to the developments in North Africa. Just as we cannot rest here unless our friends in the Balkans are at ease; just as we cannot find peace here unless our brothers and sisters in the Caucasus are at peace; we cannot live safely here unless there is security and stability in the region stretching from our southern borders to the north of Africa," President Erdoğan said.