'Turkish Armed Forces needs to head toward future untarnished'
``This institution (the Turkish Armed Forces, or TSK) will not carry stains. The TSK needs to head toward the future untarnished. No one has the right to tarnish this institution. We have to always cooperate with the chief of General Staff and our generals,'' Erdogan told the televised press conference.
Turkey has increased its military presence, including tanks and ground-to-air missile batteries, along the Turkish-Syrian border after some border districts of northern Syria fell into the hands of Kurds.