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    Turkey’s Erdogan condemns U.S. support of Kurdish militias in Syria

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    Turkey’s Erdogan condemns U.S. support of Kurdish militias in Syria Empty Turkey’s Erdogan condemns U.S. support of Kurdish militias in Syria

    Post by Rocky Sun 29 May 2016, 3:58 am

    Turkey’s Erdogan condemns U.S. support of Kurdish militias in Syria
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    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Photo: Reuters
    DIYARBAKIR-AMED, Turkey’s Kurdish region,— Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday condemned the United States’ support of Kurdish fighters in Syrian Kurdistan after AFP pictures revealed US commandos [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]the insignia of a militia branded a terror group by Ankara.
    “The support they give to… the YPG (militia)… I condemn it,” said Erdogan. “Those who are our friends, who are with us in NATO… cannot, must not send their soldiers to Syria wearing YPG insignia.”
    Erdogan’s comments came after an AFP photographer captured images of US troops in Syria wearing insignia of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) of Syrian Kurdistan [northern Syria].

    Only Ankara regards the YPG as a terror group, accusing it of carrying out attacks inside Turkey and being the Syrian branch of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) which has fought an insurgency against the Turkish state for over three decades.
    Turkey which still denies the constitutional existence of its own Kurds fears the creation of an autonomous Kurdish region in Syria’s north — similar to the Kurdish region in Iraq’s north— would spur the separatist ambitions of Turkey’s own Kurds numbering to [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] of the country’s 78-million population.
    “The PKK, the PYD, the YPG, Daesh (Islamic State), there is no difference. They are all terrorists,” Erdogan said.
    It had long been public knowledge that around 200 US commandos are in northern Syria helping local militia target the Islamic State extremist group’s de facto capital Raqa and guiding in coalition air strikes.
    Erdogan, speaking in the Kurdish city Diyarbakir in Turkish Kurdistan, accused the US of being dishonest because of its support for the militia and its political wing the Democratic Union Party (PYD).
    “I believe that politics should be exercised with honesty,” he said.
    The US, seeking to avoid a rift with ally Turkey, had announced Friday that special operations troops in Syrian Kurdistan would henceforth [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] the badge of the YPG guerrillas.
    However the State Department played down the spat, insisting that Washington and Ankara remain close partners in the broader fight against the Islamic State, despite disagreements about the role of the YPG.
    U.S. State Department Mark Toner said “We understand Turkey’s concerns, let me make that clear, and we continue to discuss this as well as other concerns Turkey has,”
    Toner said that Washington does not regard the YPG, which operates in Syrian Kurdistan, as part of the PKK, the Turkish-based Kurdish separatist movement.
    “With respect to Turkey’s comments about these photos we’ve been very clear… about our belief that the YPG is not connected to the PKK,” Toner said.
    The powerful Kurdish YPG forces, which the U.S. and Russia consider an ally in the fight against Islamic State, are the most effective group fighting IS in Syria, as the Kurdish militia has seized swathes of Syria from Islamic State.
    ‘These people are atheists’
    Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] the United States of “hypocrisy” and “double standards” and said the American soldiers might just as well have worn the logo of Al-Qaeda, the IS group or Boko Haram.
    The United States has blacklisted the PKK as a “foreign terrorist organisation” but regards its Syrian-based sister group the YPG as a useful ally in the face of the Islamic State threat.
    The PKK took up arms in 1984 against the Turkish state to push for greater autonomy for the Kurdish minority in Turkish Kurdistan. A large Turkey’s Kurdish community openly sympathise with PKK rebels.
    US military officials say they will continue to work with the YPG, which provides the bulk of the so-called “Syrian Democratic Forces” fighting the IS group.
    Erdogan pledged on Saturday to pursue Turkey’s military operations against the PKK, who he dubbed atheists.

    “Haven’t they destroyed our mosques? These people are atheists… They do not act according to our values,” he said, promising to “see through to the end” the fight against PKK.
    Erdogan and his new Prime Minister Binali Yildirim made a symbolic visit to Diyarbikar, which is the heart of the southeastern region that has been shaken by the resumption of fighting between government and rebel Kurdish forces.
    Yildirim became prime minister last week following the shock resignation of Ahmet Davutoglu who had feuded with the president over several issues.

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