Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday vowed not to abandon the country to "terrorists" after deadly attacks by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

"We did not and will not abandon the nation's future to three or five terrorists," Erdogan said in a speech in Ankara, after a total of 30 Turkish soldiers and police were killed in two separate attacks carried out by the Kurdish militants over the last three days.