Fatma Bülbül
February 01, 2016•Update: February 01, 2016
ISTANBUL
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Newspapers on Monday dedicated their front pages to Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's visit to Saudi Arabia's Royal Palace on Sunday during an engagement in Riyadh.
HURRIYET ran with the headline: "New security reform."
According to the newspaper, Davutoglu told journalists a new process will start after operations in Turkey's southeast against the PKK terrorist organization.
“It is hard to succeed using classic security methods,” the prime minister said, adding that new reforms would not necessarily mean a further tightening of security.
He also said a package of “social support” would accompany changes in security methods.
The PKK – designated a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and EU – renewed its armed campaign against the Turkish state in late July.
HABER TURK covered the story with the headline: "Sur will be like Toledo".
"We will rebuild Sur; it will become a city where everyone wants to see, like Toledo," the Turkish premier said, referring to the central Spanish city which has historically been home to different religions and cultures.
Turkish dailies also covered the start of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visits to Chile, Peru and Ecuador which began on Sunday.
"The first visit after 21 years," was VATAN's headline. STAR ran with the headline: "Historic visit after 21 years."
The daily said Erdogan became the first Turkish president to visit Chile since Suleyman Demirel 21 years ago.
The president will stay in Chile until Feb. 2; he will then go to Peru. On Feb. 3, he will go to Ecuador.
During Erdogan's Latin America tour, bilateral political and economic issues will be discussed as well as regional and international developments, STAR said.
In other news, Russia's latest violation of Turkey's airspace was also covered in Turkish dailies. "Pentagon confirms," HURRIYET wrote.
The daily reported that Pentagon spokesman Mark Wright confirmed that a Russian warplane had violated Turkish airspace on Friday.
"We call on Russia to respect Turkish airspace and cease activities that risk further heightening instability in the region,” Wright said.
VATAN's headline read: "A call from U.S. to Russia."
“The United States joins NATO in standing in solidarity with Turkey," VATAN quoted Mark Wright as saying.
Russian jets have violated Turkish airspace several times since Moscow deployed military forces to Syria in late September.
On Nov. 24, Turkish F-16 fighters on aerial patrol intercepted and shot down a Russian SU-24 after it ignored warnings and crossed into Turkish airspace, leading to heightened tension between Moscow and Ankara.
According to VATAN, Wright also emphasized that Russia and Turkey should talk to each other to take necessary measures to prevent escalation.
In other news, Turkish daily CUMHURIYET covered U.S. President Barack Obama's planned visit to a U.S. mosque for the first time as American president.
Obama will visit the Islamic Society of Baltimore's mosque in Maryland and will make a speech on religious freedom on Wednesday.
In economic news, DUNYA wrote that the number of Syrian Turkmen and Arab civilians who fled to Turkey's southern Hatay province from Syria’s Bayirbucak region has reached 1,700.
Predominantly Turkmen areas of northern Syria have recently been targeted by Russian airstrikes.
