Two hundred militants were killed in Turkish retaliatory attacks on Daesh (ISIS/ISIL) locations along the border with Syria and Iraq.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said Thursday that the Turkish military fired around 500 artillery rounds on Daesh targets in the last 48 hours in retaliation for Tuesday's deadly suicide bombing in Istanbul, according to the Daily Sabah.
"Turkey will continue to punish with even greater force any threat that is directed against Turkey or its guests. We will press ahead with our determined struggle until the Daesh terrorist organization leaves Turkey's borders ... and until it loses its ability to continue with its acts that soil our sacred religion, Islam," Davutoğlu said, according to the Associated Press.
At least 10 people, mostly German tourists, were killed and 15 others were injured in a ISIS suicide bombing at Istanbul's popular Sultanahmet tourist square on Tuesday, as HNGN previously reported.
The terror attack, which targeted a group of German tourists, occurred near popular tourist spots Sultan Ahmet Camii (Blue Mosque) and Ayasofya (Hagia Sofia).
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the blast site on Friday and condemned the deadly attack, saying that the presence of Daesh in Turkey is not acceptable,
"There have been 10 acts by Daesh against Turkey so far. Our combat against any terrorist organization, especially the PKK and Daesh, will continue resolutely," Erdogan said, according to Anadolu Agency.
