(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The EU expressed Tuesday its concern over the escalation of violence in Turkey after nine people were reported killed on Monday in a series of attacks on security forces in Istanbul and in the south-east of the country.
Some of yesterday's attacks were blamed on the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) "We have been following the recent attacks in Turkey. They are deplorable and the EU condemns all acts of terrorism and expresses its solidarity with the people and government of Turkey," an EU spokesperson for foreign affairs Maja Kocijancic told reporters.
"The rise of violence is of concern. We believe this is not the right way forward and we urge for the violence to stop," she added.
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