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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkey denies cooperation with PYD, calls it a terrorist organization |
| 2015-02-24 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] Turkey did not contact the armed wing of the Syrian Kurds' Democratic Union Party (PYD) or the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) prior to the evacuation operation of its troops from an historic Ottoman tomb inside Syria, a spokesperson for the presidency has said, reiterating the country still regards the PYD as a terrorist organization. "First of all, the PYD is a terrorist organization to us," Ibrahim Kalin, a spokesperson for the presidency, told news hounds at a presser Feb. 23, following statements from PYD officials that the party's armed People's Protection Units (YPG) provided assistance in the entry and the exit of Turkish troops into Syrian territory over the weekend. Turkey sees the PYD as the Syrian wing of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and has designated it a terror organization. However, a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... the PYD's leader, Salih Moslem, is often hosted in Ankara to discuss regional matters and his most recent visit to Turkey was last week just before the evacuation of the troops. Kalin denied Turkey sought contact, coordination and assistance from the YPG and ISIL, and stated the operation was fully carried out through the country's own capabilities. Turkey had informed anti-ISIL coalition members and the Syrian National Council and issued a diplomatic note to the Syrian regime, he said. "Our chief of general staff, our intelligence agency and our foreign ministry have good knowledge of this geography. Preparing, implementing and accomplishing this operation without any problem is directly linked with this knowledge. Therefore, this is an operation initiated by Turkey and implemented with its own capabilities," he said. This evacuation operation avoided a potential attack or casualties on Turkish troops, Kalin said. "Think the opposite: We would face a very bad picture if our troops would be killed or maimed in an attack. With this operation, this possibility is nixed," he said. |
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