Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said Turkey should consider taking steps to revoke the citizenship of supporters of "terrorism," adding that the government had "nothing to discuss with terrorists."
“We need to be decisive to take all necessary measures, including stripping citizenship to deactivate terrorist organization supporters,” he said, adding: “They are not even our citizens.”
His remarks were made in a speech to a group of attorneys in Ankara to commemorate Lawyers' Day.
Erdogan's comments mainly focused on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), with whom Turkey revived peace talks on Monday. He vowed to stamp out PKK presence in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast.
However, he made little mention of Daesh, which has also been behind recent deadly militant attacks inside Turkey.
