US warned of the terrorist threat in the popular tourist cities Turkish – Polish Radio

                             Recep Tayyip Erdogan appealed to Washington for the Europeans to have supported his government’s campaign against Kurdish separatists. There has been scuffles between demonstrators and journalists and Turkish security forces.
                         

On Thursday, seven Turkish policemen were killed and 27 people were wounded in a car bomb explosion in Diyarbakir, the largest city in south-east Turkey, populated mainly by Kurds. The attack is attributed to Kurdish separatists.

– We can not tolerate – said Erdogan in the analytical center Brookings Institution. – I hope that European countries and other countries recognize the true face of those who are behind these attacks – said the Turkish leader, who arrived in Washington for summit on Nuclear Safety.

Erdogan has estimated that the whole world must unite to fight terrorism and said that Kurds are as dangerous as the jihadists of the Islamic State (iS).

the International coalition under the leadership of the United States supports the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, or People’s Self-Defense units, combats iS militants. In turn, Turkey treats YPG as allies of the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

The West can not claim that there are “good terrorists”, just because they suppress jihadists of IS – convinced Erdogan.

before the president of Turkey came to the Brookings Institution, in front of the clashes between his protecting the Turkish departments and the demonstrators, who were carrying symbols of YPG. Turkish security guards also attacked journalists. One of the men kicked the American journalist who was trying to film a clash. Others tried to block the two Turkish journalists entrance to the think tank. Among the journalists was the employee newspaper “Zaman”, recently acquired by the Turkish authorities.

FILM: – The rule of law requires judicial independence and protection of fundamental human rights, especially freedom of the press and freedom of expression. This is an important principle that must be protected. Political satire in Germany, of course, is covered by freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Therefore, there is neither need nor possibility to negotiate these issues – said Sawsan Chebli, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany. Chebli responded in this way to indignation, which in Ankara by the film, which was aired on German television ARD.

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