New Security Measures In Turkey After Ankara Attack: Davutoglu
KABUL: (MEP) Turkey is set to announce new national security measures following the wake of a car bombing in Ankara that left at least 28 people killed on Wednesday February 17, 2016.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu made the announcement on Saturday in a meeting with security chiefs a day after a Kurdish armed group claimed responsibility for the attack, which was aimed at a military convoy.
“We are going for changes in the matter of security,” Davutoglu said after a five-hour meeting in the capital Ankara, saying an anti-terror “action plan” was being prepared.
“Terrorist groups aim to cause trauma and chaos among the population. We must all assist the security forces,” he said, adding that, “No security efforts can succeed without the support of the people.”
According to Davutoglu, as part of the new plan, more security forces would be deployed and their presence would become “more visible”.
The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK), who have been linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), said the attack was revenge for operations by the Turkish military in the southeast of the country.
But the Turkish government insists that the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia were behind the attack, in a joint operation with the PKK.
A suicide car bombing targeted a convoy of Turkish military in the capital Ankara that killed 28 people and more than 60 others wounded on Wednesday.
