The units entered Afrin at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, and the Syrian city was “entirely under control” on the 58th day of the offensive, with Turkish and FSA flags raised, Erdoğan said, speaking at the commemoration ceremony of the Battle of Gallipoli in the northwestern Çanakkale province.

Turkey will immediately take the necessary steps to make sure the residents of the city are able to return to their homes as soon as possible.