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Asian tourists, foreign delegations under Turkey's protection: Turkish PM

Xinhua, July 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

Turkey has taken all necessary security measures to provide the security of Asian tourists and foreign delegations in Turkey, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said here on Friday.

"I want to assure all the tourists and all the foreign delegates in Turkey that your lives and properties are under Turkey's protection," Davutoglu said, referring to the latest outrage among the Turkish people against China over the Uighur issue.

The Turkish prime minister said Ankara will not let any adverse incidents to happen anymore against tourists and consulates. He also appealed Turkish people to be sensitive on that issue and "not to be fooled by those provocations."

"These kinds of provocations against tourists and against the Thai consulate are against our political ethics and against our core principles of politics," he said.

He added that the dialogue mechanisms between China, Turkey and Thailand are open and all the parties have been conducting intense talks.

On Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told foreign ambassadors in Ankara that "I want to point out that many of those pictures (during the protests against China) are exaggerated and false." Endit