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Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced on Saturday that the anti-terrorist operations, which the country has launched since Friday, are not over.

Davutoglu added that the operations are to last as long as the threats against Turkey continue to exist, Anadolu Agency reports.

Turkish fighter jets carried out new series of airstrikes on targets of Islamic State (IS) in Syria and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq late on Friday and early on Saturday.

This was announced by the Office of the Turkish Prime Minister on Saturday, Anadolu Agency informs.

This column on July 22 cited the deadly suicide bomb attack that killed 32 youngsters in the town of Suruç in the province of ?anl?urfa on the Syrian border as a declaration of war by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Turkey. 

Turkish jets carried out their first air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) targets in Syria in the early hours of July 24, since the beginning of the civil war there.

An NGO group has called for a march in Istanbul's central Beyo?lu district on July 26 in protest of a fatal suicide bomb attack in the southeastern part of the country on July 20.

A group named "Peace Block" will organize a march titled the "Great Istanbul March" in the Taksim neighborhood of Beyo?lu on July 26.

Turkish authorities detained nearly 300 people as police launched large-scale raids to arrest suspected members of Islamic State (IS), the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and other militant groups on Friday.

The raids became necessary after a wave of deadly violence has recently gripped the country, claiming the lives of several security officers.

The Office of the Turkish Prime Minister announced that three F-16 fighter jets carried out airstrikes on Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria on Friday.

The jets took off from the 8th Main Jet Base in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir and dropped four guided bombs on two IS headquarters and an assembly point in Syria.

The Turkish Prime Ministry has set up a coordination center for operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) following the deadly jihadist attack in the border town of Suruç on July 20.

U.S. President Barack Obama and Turkish President Tayyip Erdo?an agreed in a telephone call on July 22 to work together to "stem the flow of foreign fighters and secure Turkey's border with Syria," the White House said in a statement.

The 20-year-old man, who detonated himself in southeastern Turkey on July 20, killing 31 others, was brainwashed by radicals at a teahouse, a daily Hürriyet investigation reveals. Police are now seeking his brother, who is thought to be preparing for another attack.