There is no justification whatever in any circumstances for this kind of terrorism and of course we will be working with our colleagues in the law enforcement agencies concerned to do everything we can to offer assistance to them,

Agreement has now been reached that negotiations on Turkey's accession to the European Union can and will begin in the very near future,

We agreed that there can be no justification whatsoever for terrorism on any grounds, religious, political, ideological or any other,

The fatwa says that there is no justification in Islam for terrorism. Those are words the entire world needs to hear. And in delivering that message, I know that the most credible voices are of Muslims themselves. My job is to help amplify and magnify these voices.

I'm sure he knows that we might not be doing this at this point if not for the circumstances,

I don't want anybody to underestimate the difficulties ahead,