Al Jazeera reports that Erdogan, Turkey’s PM, noted that he does not want war but needs to prepare for anything and at the same time NATO’s secretary general has “all necessary plans in place to protect and defend Turkey if necessary.”

Via Al Jazeera:

 

Turkey has confirmed it is deploying more fighter jets to an airbase close to the border with Syria, amid artillery exchanges along its tense southeastern border with Syria.

 

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, addressed parliament on the issue on Tuesday, saying that his country does not want war, but that Turkey needs to be prepared for anything.

 

At least 25 additional F-16 fighter jets were deployed at Turkey’s Diyarbakir air base late on Monday.

 

Meanwhile, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the NATO secretary-general, said that Ankara can rely on the alliance, which has “all necessary plans in place to protect and defend Turkey if necessary”.