At a press conference in Ankara, Erdogan said that the discharges “proved to be a mistake” because “part of the weapons dropped from (aircraft) C-130, was acquired by the Islamic State. ” He added that “any aid provided PYD (Democratic Union Party of Kurdistan – the main Kurdish parties in Syria) will be beneficial to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)”. Ankara PKK is considered a terrorist organization.
When asked about the intentions of Turkey for enabling passage for Kurdish militants of Iraq to Syria to help the besieged Koban, Erdogan said that he put forward this proposal in a conversation with President Barack Obama.
Reuters quotes a Turkish journalist close to the government, which said on Wednesday that about 500 Kurdish militants have in the next weekend go to the Koban.
City of Ain al-Arab (Kurdish name – Koban), located in Syria near the border with Turkey, from mid-September is attacked by jihadist organization the Islamic State. Ankara’s refusal to consent to the passage across the border Kurds in the Iraqi who wanted to go with the help of the Kurds in Koban, led at the beginning of October to the Kurdish protests in Turkey. As a result of clashes with police killed more than 30 people.
voltage decreased when the head of the Turkish Foreign Ministry Mevlut Cavusoglu announced that his country will make it easier to reach the Iraqi peszmergom (Kurdish fighters) with the help of the Koban.
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Turkey: president criticizes discharges of American weapons to the Kurds – Onet.pl
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