Turkey's military struck targets inside Syria on Wednesday in response to a mortar bomb fired from Syrian territory which killed five Turkish civilians, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office said in a statement.
"Our armed forces in the border region responded immediately to this abominable attack in line with their rules of engagement; targets were struck through artillery fire against places in Syria identified by radar," the statement said.
"Turkey will never leave unanswered such kinds of provocation by the Syrian regime against our national security."
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu had spoken by telephone with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the foreign ministers of several UN Security Council member countries about the incident, the statement said.
Davutoglu had also agreed with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on the need for an emergency meeting of NATO members, the statement said.
