Turkish President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] stated that the attack was “no individual act” and that he was sending an official delegation to New Zealand to gather further information about the groups behind the attack. Turkish state-owned media source TRT World has cited anonymous officials who claimed that shooter entered the country “to carry out a terror attack and/ or an assassination.” The shooter’s visits to Turkey occurred on March 17-20, 2016 and September 13, 2016. Erdoğan survived a coup attempt that began July 15, 2016. | Turkish President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] stated that the attack was “no individual act” and that he was sending an official delegation to New Zealand to gather further information about the groups behind the attack. Turkish state-owned media source TRT World has cited anonymous officials who claimed that shooter entered the country “to carry out a terror attack and/ or an assassination.” The shooter’s visits to Turkey occurred on March 17-20, 2016 and September 13, 2016. Erdoğan survived a coup attempt that began July 15, 2016. |