`State of emergency will continue until fully calm` - Erdogan
"After an operation aimed at our state killed 249 people, there are still calls to lift the state of emergency. It is continuing so to ensure the peace in Turkey," Erdoğan said.
Erdoğan also commented on Turkey's fight against the PKK's Syrian offshoot, the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its armed wing, the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Daesh in Syria, saying Turkey would not hesitate to carry out further operations like its Euphrates Shield campaign.
He reiterated that Turkey would not participate in the operation to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa from Daesh as long as U.S. cooperated with YPG terrorists to free the city.
The U.S. administration has been supporting the YPG and earlier this month decided to provide heavy weapons to the group in its fight against Daesh.
Turkey has furiously condemned the U.S. decision, arguing that supporting a terrorist group to fight another was a mistaken strategy. The U.S. has argued that the PKK is different from the YPG, which evidence fails to corroborate.