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Turkey condemns attack on Syrian Turkmen village, summons Russian envoy

20 November 2015 14:54 (UTC +04:00)

Almost within minutes after DavutoÄŸlu’s remarks were delivered, the Turkish Foreign Ministry released a written statement on the same issue.

Upon an order by Foreign Minister Feridun SinirlioÄŸlu, Russian Ambassador Andrey Karlov was summoned to the ministry, the statement said.

During the meeting with Karlov, “It was underlined that the Russian side’s actions were bombing civilian Turkmen villages, but not fighting against terror and that this may lead to serious consequences,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanju Bilgiç said in the statement, which came in the form of an official answer to a journalist’s question.

Turkish officials told Karlov they wanted Russia to “end this operation as soon as possible,” Bilgiç said, noting the same kind of warning was also conveyed to RussianDeputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, who is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special representative for the Middle East and Africa, during a telephone conversation.