ANKARA (Xinhua) – Turkey has raised its security measures to highest level against possible retaliation on Western targets in the country, the Turkish interior ministry says.
“Evaluations were made against all possible provocations, and our security measures were maximized after the sinister actions against our holy book the Qur’an, in Sweden, the Netherlands and Denmark,” the ministry said in a statement.
In this context, the information that organizations are seeking action in many countries has also been evaluated, it added.
Turkey made some arrests through an allied country’s intelligence but couldn’t find any weapon or sign of action, noted the ministry, without naming the country.
On Monday, the Embassy of the United States in Turkey warned its citizens of possible attacks against churches, synagogues, and diplomatic missions in Istanbul Province, following protests involving burning Qur’an broke out in several European countries.
It was the second warning issued by the embassy in the past four days.