Sunday, February 7, 2016

Erdogan urged the United States to make a choice between Turkey and the Syrian Kurds

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded from US authorities to decide whom they support: Syrian Kurds and Ankara. On Sunday 7 February according to Associated Press .

“How can we trust you? Your partner or I Kobanov terrorists? “- The statement said Erdogan released a week later after a special representative of the American leader Barack Obama’s fight against” Islamic state “(ISIS) Brett McGurk visited Rojava.

The delegation headed by McGurk which consisted of 17 people including representatives of France and the United Kingdom February 1 arrived in one of the Kurdish airports which is used by US military helicopter to refuel and replenish ammunition. Special Representative held talks with Kurdish leaders he got acquainted with the progress of the Kurdistan People’s Protection Units (YPG) and visited places of battles in particular the city of Cobán at the Turkish border.

It was the first visit of a senior American official to Syria since 2012 when it was closed by the US Embassy in Damascus.

In October 2015 Erdogan stressed that Ankara will take all necessary measures including military to prevent the creation of the Syrian Kurds who support the US autonomy near the Turkish border. The president of Turkey equated support for the Western countries to the Kurdish militia aiding terrorism accusing the Kurds of ethnic cleansing.

The Kurds – one of the parties to the Syrian conflict which is fighting a terrorist group “Islamic state” (ISIS) and wants to create an independent nation of Syria and northern Iraq. At the same time the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) recognized as a terrorist organization in Turkey fighting for national autonomy of his people on the territory of the Turkish Republic.
  [rushincrash.com]
7/2/14
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