Türkiye determined to root out Kurdish nationalist group: Erdogan
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared that his country is determined to root out the Kurdistan nationalist PKK group, which according to the Turkish government also threatens the territorial integrity of Syria and Iraq.
“We are determined to root out this ‘terrorist organization’, which poses a threat to the territorial integrity of Syria and Iraq, as well as our country,” Erdogan told the 38th Ministerial Session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul.
Erdogan asked for strong support from COMCEC in Türkiye’s struggle against “the enemies of Islam and humanity.”
“The previous week, eight of our citizens, three of whom were children, were killed by the PKK in Istiklal Street and then in our Karkamis district.”
“Of course, in this bloodshed, … those who provide these terrorists with weapons and support (them) under the pretext of fighting against Daesh have a share,” Erdogan said.
He said the “game” of supporting the PKK and its affiliates under the guise of fighting ISIS must come to an end.
Recently, Türkiye launched Operation Claw-Sword in northern Iraq and Syria, a cross-border aerial campaign against the PKK and its Syrian offshoot — the YPG.
After the air operation was launched on November 20, Erdogan signaled a ground operation in northern Iraq and northern Syria.
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