Erdogan says Turkey expects more counter-terrorism support from allies

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he expected concrete steps from allies in support of Turkey’s counter-terrorism fight after a weekend bomb attack in Ankara, for which a Kurdish militant group claimed responsibility.

Erdogan was speaking after Turkish police staged raids across the country on Tuesday, detaining dozens of suspects over alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

“We want to see concrete steps from friends in addition to messages of condemnation,” Erdogan said at an opening ceremony of a Council of State facility in Ankara.

“They should know that statements that condemn terrorism and console us will not heal our wounds.”

Two assailants detonated a bomb near government buildings in Ankara on Sunday, wounding two police officers. Both attackers were killed.

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