Spotlight: World leaders condemn Ankara attack, experts advise policy overhaul

World leaders joined their voice in condemning the deadly attack that took place in the Turkish capital Ankara late Wednesday, which left 28 people killed and 61 others wounded.

Russia condemned the attack and expressed its condolences to the families of the victims Thursday, in a statement from the Kremlin.

"The Kremlin has condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist act that took place yesterday in Ankara, expressing its condolences to the families and friends of those killed and wishing a speedy recovery to those who were injured in the attack," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Russia, which is fighting the terror group Islamic State in Syria, has also been targeted when a bomb exploded on a Russian flight over Egypt's Sinai peninsula last October, killing 224 people, mostly Russians, on board.

Turkey's neighbor Georgia also slammed the attack Thursday. A statement from President Giorgi Margvelashvili said that "Georgia strongly condemns any form of terrorism and together with the international community continues to fight the greatest threat to the contemporary world," and that "the Georgian people stand with the Turkish people in solidarity."

Turkey's another neighbor and long-time adversary Greece offered its condolences as well.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglou in a phone call Thursday the Greek government supports the Turkish people at the time of sorrow.

The Greek foreign ministry also expressed strong condemnation against the attack on Twitter Wednesday night.

Turkey's NATO ally, the United States, was one of the first to respond, when U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Wednesday "The United States strongly condemns the terrorist attack on Turkish military personnel and civilians today in Ankara, Turkey."

"We reaffirm our strong partnership with our NATO ally Turkey in combatting the shared threat of terrorism attacks," he added.

As the international community is saddened because of the attack, Turkish experts believe Turkish foreign and domestic policies may be to blame for the surge of terror attacks on Turkish soil.

"The blast in Ankara appears to reflect our faulty foreign policy," lamented Sedat Laciner, president of the Social and Political Research Institute.

He said Turkey is not only isolated in its own region but also loathed by many countries because of wrong choices made in its foreign policy.

According to reports, the Kurds, Syria and Russia all claim the Turkish government has allowed Islamic State militants to move freely in Turkey to add military pressure on Syrian Kurds and Syrian government forces.

Some experts believe it was the shake-up of Turkey's police force in recent years that made the country vulnerable again to potential terror threats.

Ercan Tastekin, head of the Ankara-based Research Center of Security Strategies, said the government's purge of senior officers since 2013 has left the force with a shortage of real experience.

Many senior figures in the military, intelligence and police forces were prosecuted under the government of Turkey strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a campaign viewed by many as a bid to tighten his grip on power.

"Terror groups used to plan such major attacks before but they were foiled in advance because of the good intelligence work done by veteran police chiefs," Tastekin said. Endi