Truth over Semdinli incident will be revealed: Aksu
The Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu called on the public to be calm.
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Güncelleme: 09:22 ET 11 Kasım 2005 CumaANKARA - A full investigation was being conducted into the bombing that left two dead and a dozen wounded in the south eastern town of Semdinli, Turkish Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu said Friday.
Speaking in an interview aired by television station NTV Friday, Aksu vowed that the truth would be revealed over the circumstances of the bombing of a bookstore in Semdinli. The attack, which some have blamed on Turkish security forces, took place Wednesday and has prompted protests and unrest in the town in the following days.
“No one should suspect the facts will not come out. Let us wait calmly to see the result of the investigation,” Aksu said.
Justice Minister Cemil Cicek, who is also the spokesman for the Turkish cabinet, said that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the whole government were ready to give all the necessary support to shed light on the incidents.
Spokesman for the Police Force Ismail Caliskan called on the citizens of Semdinli not to use violence.
Osman Baydmir, the mayor of the south eastern city of Diyarbakir, said that he agreed with statement decribing the incident as a second Susurluk scandal and called for the facts to come out this time. Barydemir also warned that if the circumstance of the incident were not made public that the region could return to the conflicts of the 1990s.
The Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu called on the public to be calm.
NTV
Güncelleme: 09:22 ET 11 Kasım 2005 CumaANKARA - A full investigation was being conducted into the bombing that left two dead and a dozen wounded in the south eastern town of Semdinli, Turkish Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu said Friday.
Speaking in an interview aired by television station NTV Friday, Aksu vowed that the truth would be revealed over the circumstances of the bombing of a bookstore in Semdinli. The attack, which some have blamed on Turkish security forces, took place Wednesday and has prompted protests and unrest in the town in the following days.
“No one should suspect the facts will not come out. Let us wait calmly to see the result of the investigation,” Aksu said.
Justice Minister Cemil Cicek, who is also the spokesman for the Turkish cabinet, said that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the whole government were ready to give all the necessary support to shed light on the incidents.
Spokesman for the Police Force Ismail Caliskan called on the citizens of Semdinli not to use violence.
Osman Baydmir, the mayor of the south eastern city of Diyarbakir, said that he agreed with statement decribing the incident as a second Susurluk scandal and called for the facts to come out this time. Barydemir also warned that if the circumstance of the incident were not made public that the region could return to the conflicts of the 1990s.
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