ANKARA
Two Turkish opposition parties have submitted a motion to the Turkish parliament for an inquiry into the attacks that recently hit Turkey's southern border areas.
At least 32 people were killed in Monday's bomb attack in Suruc district of southeastern Sanliurfa province, which borders Syria. Two policemen were also shot dead in the nearby Ceylanpinar district on Wednesday and a Turkish gendarme was killed Monday by the PKK terrorist organization.
The motion submitted Thursday by three group deputy chairmen of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), the second largest party in Turkey’s parliament, proposed an investigation "so as to scrutinize the terror acts that threaten social peace and claimed Turkish citizens' lives and to take necessary precautions."
"Terrorist acts have recently escalated as the domestic and foreign policy methods, along with already taken measures, fail to mitigate the danger," said the motion.
The motion stressed the need for all political parties in parliament to gather and put forth their views so as to investigate the causes of the attacks and immediately take effective measures.
"It has become an obligation for the parliament to thoroughly look into the terrorist bomb attack in Suruc and other terror acts in Adiyaman and Ceylanpinar," it added.
CHP deputies submitted another motion on Wednesday, proposed three days mourning for the 32 people killed in the Suruc bomb attack in southern Turkey as a sign of national unity.
Meanwhile, the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) also submitted a similar motion to the parliament.
"A parliamentary inquiry is necessary to shed light on the attack in detail, unveil the dark relations and hands behind it, and review the government policies that paved the way for the attacks," said the motion.
The motion further blamed the Turkish government's foreign policy, which it said was the primary liability in the Suruc bomb attack.
