Social projects for terror victims discussed at security summit

A security summit helmed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu was held Dec. 31 in the Turkish capital Ankara with the participation of senior military and government officials. 

The five-hour meeting focused on the struggle against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), particularly the ongoing clashes in southeastern Diyarbak?r's Sur district, according to officials.  

Other than the routine participants of security summits, the family and social policies minister, the environment and urbanization minister and the customs and trade minister also attended the meeting for discussions on social projects and rehabilitation of the region in the post-clashes era. 

Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar, Deputy Prime Ministers Numan Kurtulmu?, Yalç?n Akdo?an, and Tu?rul Türke?, Justice Minister Bekir Bozda?, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu, Interior Minister Efkan Ala, Defense Minister ?smet Y?lmaz, Gendarmerie Commander Galip Mendi and intelligence chief Hakan Fidan were among the participants.  

The fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), measures taken against possible terror attacks, particularly for the beginning of the new year, and developments regarding Syrian Kurds' movements in northern Syria and Bashiqa military camp in northern Iraq were also among the discussion points. 

The historical district of Sur has now been subject to a curfew for the past month amid continuing clashes between Turkish security forces and the PKK.

Sur has turned into a zone of continued clashes with a curfew in effect since Dec. 2, apart from a break of only 17 hours on Dec. 10.
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