Addressing businessmen and opinion leaders from Trabzon in Büyükçekmece, Istanbul, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said in a statement that Turkish security forces have "blocked 111 terrorist attacks, explosions, suicide bomb attacks" since the beginning of 2019.

Soylu said they are having a big fight to prevent attacks, added that "there is no a single terrorist event in Istanbul since December 31, 2016". (ILKHA)