Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Ankara would soon launch new military operations along its southern borders to create 30-km deep safe zones to combat terrorist threats from these regions.
"The main target of these operations will be areas which are centers of attacks to our country and safe zones," Erdogan said, without elaborating.
Erdogan said the operations would be launched as soon as military, intelligence and security forces have completed their preparations.
Separately, Erdogan said Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis no longer existed for him after he visited the United States, and accused Mitsotakis of trying to block sales of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey.
"We had agreed to not include third countries in our dispute with him. Despite this, last week, he had a visit to the US and talked at the Congress and warned them not to give F-16s to us," Erdogan said at a press conference following the weekly cabinet meeting.
"He longer exists for me. I will never agree to meet with him. We will continue our way with honorable politicians."
