Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoðan called on the United States and Iraq to deal with Kurdistan Workers' Party terrorists based in northern Iraq, but said Ankara will take military action itself if necessary.
Turkey's government is under mounting pressure from the public and army to tackle terrorists based in mountainous northern Iraq who seek to establish a Kurdish state that includes parts of southeastern Turkey. Dozens of civilians and soldiers have been killed in recent weeks in PKK attacks across Turkey. | more at the link from Turkish Daily News. |
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