Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan talked over the phone with the country's Minister of Defence Hulusi Akar, who has been inspecting deployed Turkish troops along the border.
"Our army has not allowed any mistake to be done on our borders until now. I am proud of you, valuable members of our army, on behalf of myself and my nation. Your efforts will not be forgiven throughout history," he said in a statement while wishing military success to the Turkish soldiers on their mission.
At the end of his speech, President Erdoğan also congratulated the past eid of the Turkish soldiers.
