President Erdoğan chaired the National Security Council meeting at the Presidential Complex
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan chaired the National Security Council meeting at the Presidential Complex.
Important domestic and foreign developments that are of close concern to Turkey’s security were discussed during the meeting, the written statement issued following the NSC meeting read.
The council was briefed on the fight determinedly conducted both at home and abroad against all the terrorist organizations, especially the PKK/PYD-YPG, FETO and DAESH, which threaten Turkey’s national unity and solidarity as well as its permanence, and relevant issues were discussed according to the statement.
Underscoring that it is shared with the international community at every opportunity that Turkey, always respectful of Syria’s territorial integrity and political unity, advocates a political solution on the basis of a new constitution, the statement read: “In this regard, it was stated that Turkey will consolidate with more advanced steps its sincere efforts for the implementation of the safe zone project that will enable Syrian refugees to return home as soon as possible, which Ankara considers to be a humanitarian issue, and that Turkey will not hesitate to take action in order to ensure its own national security.”
Further stressing that operations Claw, carried out against the terrorist organization PKK/KCK in the north of Iraq in order to ensure the security of Turkey and Iraq, will continue until the region is entirely cleared of terrorists, the statement read: “It was underlined that the activities Turkey carries out in line with the continental shelf that it placed on record at the United Nations and its agreements with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) will continue with determination. The National Security Policy Document, which was drafted following a thorough assessment of the impacts on our national security of the developments that take place in our country, region and the world, was discussed and approved.”
