Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul is to hold a summit in the Turkish capital following the attack on the Turkish Consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul by militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
The meeting at the Cankaya Presidential Palace is attended by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Chief of General Staff General Necdet Ozel, Deputy Prime Minister Beshir Atalay, Deputy Foreign Minister Naci Koru and the National Intelligence Organization Undersecretary Hakan Fidan.
The meeting started at 7 p.m. local time (1700 GMT).
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- Turkey says will retaliate if citizens held in Iraq are harmed
Turkey will retaliate if any of its citizens and diplomats held by militants in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul are harmed, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday.
"Right now we are engaged in calm crisis management, considering our citizens' security. This should not be misunderstood. Any harm to our citizens and staff would be met with the harshest retaliation," Davutoglu told reporters in New York in comments broadcast on Turkish television.
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