Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday convened a security meeting in Istanbul, a day after a terror attack in the capital Ankara killed five people and injured 22 others, security sources said.

Officials reiterated Türkiye’s commitment to combating terrorism and stressed that the country will not allow the establishment of a “terror state” across its borders.

Among the attendants of the meeting were Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, National Defence Minister Yaşar Güler, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, Chief of General Staff General Metin Gürak and Chief of National Intelligence Organization (MİT) İbrahim Kalın.

Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun, Presidential Defense Industry (SSB) President Haluk Görgün, Presidential Advisor on Foreign Policy and Security Akif Cağatay Kılıç and Justice and Development Party (AKP) Spokesperson Ömer Çelik were also present at the meeting at Atatürk Airport’s state guesthouse.

The meeting focused on Wednesday’s terror attack on Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) in the Kahramankazan district of Ankara and the steps needed in the ongoing fight against terrorism.

Officials reiterated Türkiye’s commitment to combating terrorism and emphasized that the country will not allow the establishment of a “terror state” across its borders.

According to Interior Minister Yerlikaya, the terrorists responsible for the attack were members of the PKK terror group.