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Only solidarity can end terror, Turkey's Davutoglu says

Prime minister condemns 'cowardly' PKK over violence to crowds in Kurdish-majority city

24.09.2015 - Update : 24.09.2015
Only solidarity can end terror, Turkey's Davutoglu says Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu exchanges bairam greetings with the local people after the Salat al Eid at the Grand Mosque during the first day of the Eid Al Adha in the Sur district of Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey on September 24, 2015.

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey

Only solidarity will defeat terrorism in Turkey, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Thursday.

Speaking during a visit to Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeast, Davutoglu said: “Today, I am really happy to see the solidarity and support of the people of Diyarbakir in our struggle against the PKK because this struggle will only make sense when we come together.”

Railing against the PKK terrorist organization, the premier accused the group carrying out “cowardly terrorist acts” and “villainous traps” in preference to “expressing themselves freely in the parliament.”

He added: “Today, as a whole nation, we are against those who want to fade our flag out.”

Davutoglu was in Diyarbakir - the scene of several attacks since the PKK renewed its armed campaign in late July - at the start of Eid al-Adha, or the feast of the sacrifice. He is later due to return to Ankara before departing for the UN General Assembly in New York.

The prime minister said the government opposed discrimination against Kurds. “We will continue to work to relieve the grief of all the mothers and fathers for losing their child,” he added in an apparent reference to the victims of the renewed violence.

Besides around 30 civilians, more than 120 members of the security forces have been martyred in PKK attacks over the last two months, according to official figures.

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