STORY: Turkish president vows to eliminate terrorist threats
SHOOTING TIME: Oct. 29, 2024
DATELINE: Oct. 30, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:07
LOCATION: Ankara
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the delivery ceremony of the T625 Gokbey helicopter (courtesy of ihlas news agency)
2. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President (courtesy of ihlas news agency)
3. various of the delivery ceremony of the T625 Gokbey helicopter (courtesy of ihlas news agency)

STORYLINE:

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday vowed to continue eliminating terrorist threats at their source.

SOUNDBITE (Turkish): RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President
"Whether it is within our borders or beyond, no one can prevent us from eliminating any threat we detect against our country."

Erdogan made the statement at a ceremony for the delivery of the T625 Gokbey helicopter to the gendarmerie.

The handover ceremony was held at the headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) in the Kahramankazan district of Ankara, where two assailants carried out a terror attack last week, leaving five people dead and 22 others wounded.

Turkish authorities have blamed the attack on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and further intensified both domestic and cross-border security operations against the group.

TUSAS is a major defense and aviation company in Türkiye. It produces KAAN, the country's first national combat aircraft, among other defense equipment.

At the ceremony, Erdogan reiterated that terrorism has no place in the future of Türkiye and the region, saying attacks like the one against TUSAS can never break the country's determination to fight terrorism.

The PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the United States, and the European Union, has been rebelling against the Turkish government for more than three decades.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ankara.
(XHTV)