Burcu Arik
January 22, 2016•Update: January 23, 2016
DAVOS, Switzerland
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has flatly denied allegations that Turkey tolerated the Daesh terrorist group.
"The claim that Turkey condones Daesh implicitly or explicitly is an insult for Turkey. We are against any kind of terrorist group," Davutoglu told a dinner at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday.
He said that Daesh was the biggest threat to all humanity.
"It [Daesh] is a threat to our region but it does the greatest of all harms to Islam. [...] Islam is misunderstood because of Daesh," the Turkish premier said.
Davutoglu Turkey listed Daesh as a terrorist group.
"We have been fighting against the organization since it first emerged. They had targeted Ankara, Istanbul, and Suruc. We have launched operations against them. Turkey's attitude is very clear on this issue [fighting against Daesh]," he said.
On Jan. 12 a suspected Daesh suicide bomber killed 10 people -- mostly German tourists -- and wounded 15 others at Istanbul's Sultanahmet district.
On Oct. 10, 2015, twin suicide bombings killed 103 people during a rally outside capital Ankara's main train station. The attack was blamed on Deash.
Thirty-three people were killed and 104 others were wounded when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt in the Suruc town of the southeastern province of Sanliırfa. Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack.
