No Georgian victims after Turkey terror attacks, says MFA

No Georgian citizens are among those killed or wounded in three separate terror attacks in Turkey yesterday.

Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed this morning there were no Georgian citizens among the victims of the attacks, which killed 10 and injured more than 200 others.

Turkish officials said three terror attacks in the provinces of Bitlis, Elazig and Van, in the country’s southeast, targeted Turkish security forces but they also claimed the lives of civilians.

The Turkish side blamed the militant group Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, for the attacks.

This morning Georgia’s Foreign Ministry appealed to Georgian citizens living or visiting Turkey to be cautious and contact local diplomatic representations if they had any question or needed help. 

The Ministry said Georgian diplomatic representations in Turkey were working 24 hours a day to provide help to Georgian citizens in Turkey. If such people needed assistance they could phone several hotline numbers: +90 533 690 30 40 (Ankara), +90 541 326 22 26 (Trabzon), or +90 541 818 44 00 (Istanbul). 

The Consulate Department of Georgia’s Foreign Ministry was also operating extra hours to provide additional support.

The Consulate Department has also set up a hotline (+995 32) 294 50 50 and this was available during working days from 9am to 7pm, while after 7pm and during the weekends people can phone the Department on (+995) 577 98 40 20, at any time day or night. 

These were the second series of terror attacks in southeast Turkey this month.

The previous terror attacks occurred on August 10, which claimed eighth lives and left more than 30 injured.