Erdogan says people opposed to fighting terror 'enemy'

ANKARA

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the one who stands by them in the fight against terrorism is a friend, while the one who takes a stand against them is the enemy.

Addressing a group of Mukhtars (Turkish for local administrators) at the presidential complex in Ankara Wednesday, Erdogan said the people who use the “same language” as terrorist organizations are terrorists themselves.

He lashed out at some media outlets for defending the recent deadly attack in Ankara. "Some incompetent greedy people in our country are miserable, immoralist and dishonest because they use the painful incident in Kizilay for their self-interest," he said.

The Turkish president said it is impossible that there could be any links between democracy and the terror organization, which carried out the bomb attack Sunday in central Ankara.

The car bomb attack in Ankara’s central Kizilay neighborhood Sunday evening hit a major public transportation hub, killing 37 people and injuring dozens others.