Erdoğan: "The fight against terrorism hasn't ended"

Speaking to his ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) Youth Branches Congress in Ankara yesterday, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated that the recent cross-border operations in northern Iraq were done with parliamentary authorization. "This government didn't take orders from anyone, and will not do so," he said. "The fight against terrorism hasn't ended. What is necessary will continue in a determined way, as before. "