ANKARA, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Erdogan, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and Foreign Ministry on Friday condemned the terror attack in Nice, which killed at least 84 people during French National Day celebrations.
Erdogan condemned on Friday morning the "inhuman attack" in France, saying "we are expecting that everyone who has hesitant attitude against terror should take necessary lessons from this latest attack."
"I strongly condemn the cowardly terrorist attack that ensanguined Nice on the (French) National Day. Always on the side of the states of the world in the fight against international terrorism, Turkey shares the pain of the people of France," said Prime Minister Binali Yildirim in a Twitter message in French.
Terrorism is a crime against humanity and no one knows whom and when it will strike next, Yildirim said, offering his condolences to those who lost their lives in the incident.
Turkish Foreign Ministry condemned and cursed the terror attack in a written statement on early Friday morning, saying "Turkey is in a full solidarity with France in the fight against terrorism. We will all together continue our struggle against these villains. Terror, before anything else, is an offense against humanity and its universal values."
France shut its embassy and consulate in Turkey for security concern on Wednesday, with flags flown at half-mast at the French consulate in Istanbul after the attack.
