Foreign Ministry statement following escalating tension in Syria

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement regarding the child abuse incident that occurred in Kayseri yesterday and the attacks on Turkish flags and the burning of Turkish trucks in northern Syria today.

The ministry's statement is as follows:

“It is wrong for the regrettable incidents in Kayseri, which followed a crime for which our state is conducting judicial proceedings against the suspect, to be used as material for provocations beyond our borders.

Turkey's efforts for the well-being of the Syrian people and its principled stance are above all kinds of provocations.”