Turkey's Erdogan says relocation of tomb in Syria **t a retreat
 

By Tulay Karadeniz ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's military incursion into Syria to relocate a tomb surrounded by Islamic State militants and evacuate the soldiers guarding it was a temporary move to safeguard their lives and **t a retreat, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. The action, which involved tanks, drones and reconnaissance planes as well as several hundred ground troops, was the first of its kind by the Turkish army into Syria since the start of the civil war there nearly four years ago. "The Suleyman Shah tomb operation is **t a retreat, it is a temporary move in order **t to risk soldiers' lives," Erdogan said in a speech in the capital Ankara. "The game of those who tried to use the tomb and our soldiers to blackmail Turkey has been disrupted," he said.

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