The Minister of National Defense of Turkey Yashar Guler said: “Our priority is the speedy liquidation of the terrorist organization of the Red Army/YPG and the implementation of the transition process based on the political and administrative integrity of Syria. We have repeatedly expressed this to our interlocutors and continue to do this.”
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According to the statement of the Ministry of National Defense, Minister Guler, together with the chief of the General Staff General Metin Gürak, commander of the Turkish naval forces Admiral Erjumen Tatlyoglu, commander of the Turkish Ground Forces, General Selchuk Bayractaroglu and the commander of the Turkish Air Force, Jemal Cadyoglu, arrived in Gaziantep. /p>
Then Guleler went to the Syrian border by helicopter and arrived at the main command post of the 6th Corps and the United Command of Special Operations in Kilis/Cylddyroba.
The minister during a video conference held with the participants of units on the border said: “The crisis that began in Syria in 2011 and the unstable situation that arose after it was given to terrorist organizations of the RKK/YPG and ISIS was the opportunity to seize the territories in Syria and set up I will recall the safety of our border, that before the start of our operations in Syria, the terrorist organizations of the Red Army/Pyd and Deashas made attacks in Turkey. “
Having stated that as a result of these attacks and terrorist attacks, more than 600 citizens were killed, including 50 in Reikhanly, 34 in Suruch, 109 in Ankara, 45 in Istanbul, 59 in Gaziantep, 22 in Kilis, and more than 1000 citizens were injured Guler recalled that many attacks on settlements were committed before cross -border operations from Syrian territory.
GULER said that before the operation “Euphrates Shield”, 95 missile and mortar strikes were inflicted on Kilis, 53 missile and mortar strikes on Kilis, 53 missile and 109 mortar strikes, and 407 missile and mortar attacks on Mardin , on a chanlyurf – 632 missile and mortar strikes, on the shirnak – 241 missile and mortar blow, and on Gaziantep – 9 missile and mortar strikes.
“, as you can see, Turkey carried out cross -border operations, starting with the operation” Euphrates Shield “to ensure the safety of our borders and our noble nation. In this context, the Turkish armed forces were the only army that fought with deaash face to face. The operations of the Euphrates Shield were killed by 67 troops of the Turkish Armed Forces, thanks to successful operations, our army destroyed the corridor outlined by terrorists and made great efforts to normalize the lives of people in the areas of the operation, ”he emphasized.
We will work closely and coordinate our actions with the new administration
The minister noted that the bloody regime in Syria was overthrown and a new era began, and now the Syrian people have a real vote right in Syria.