ANKARA (Sputnik) – According to Erdogan, if Shia militias start conducting terrorist attacks in the Iraqi city of Tal Afar, predominantly populated with Iraqi Turkmen, Turkey will be able to respond.
"We will build up troops in the Silopi districts [near the borders of Iraq and Syria]," Erdogan told journalists.
However, Erdogan admitted, that he had no confirmation of the militia’s plans to attack the city.