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25 March 2010 [11:44] - Today.Az
The Turkish interior minister said on Wednesday that Turkey was sensitive about the security of the prime minister.
The Turkish interior minister said on Wednesday that Turkey was sensitive about the security of the prime minister.
Turkey's Interior Minister Besir Atalay said that the ministry had
received tip-off about an assassination against Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan.
"We should not always regard them important
as we sometimes receive such tip-offs regarding not only our prime
minister but also other people," Atalay told reporters.
Atalay said the ministry was taking all required measures for security
of the prime ministry, and it was always cautious about security.
"We are more sensitive about security of our prime minister," he said.
Atalay also said the ministry had not received such a tip-off for a long time since this recent one.
Some press organs published news stories earlier on Monday that
extraordinary security measures were taken for Erdogan following two
tip-offs that a state official would be the victim of an assassination
in two weeks.
The papers wrote that denunciator having the
nickname of "Mehmet Ali" who had informed about the bomb laden lorry
belonging to Turkish Armed Forces, alarmed Security Department with his
denunciation that a high ranking state official would be killed in
assassination in two weeks.
Bodyguards of Erdogan stepped up
security measures when another unidentified denouncer said the prime
minister was the target, they also wrote.
/World Bulletin/
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