Turkey will send 3,250 security officers to Qatar for the football World Cup that starts in November this year, according to Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, who added that Ankara has also trained Qatari security personnel ahead of the competition.
Speaking at an event in the southern resort town of Antalya on Tuesday, Soylu said those to be deployed during the tournament include 3,000 riot police officers, 100 Turkish special forces, 50 bomb detection dogs and their operators, 50 bomb experts and other staff.
