Davutoğlu signals Turkish action after fall of Aleppo corridor

[Blackmoon]

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has implied that Turkey will take action after the capture of the town of Azez in Syria, a strategic corridor between Aleppo and Turkey for rebel groups, by Syrian regime troops backed by Russian airstrikes.

Speaking to reporters en route to Turkey from the Netherlands, Davutoğlu said that he had told German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the need to stop Russia in Syria in order to prevent further influxes of refugees to Turkey and Europe from the region, the Hürriyet daily reported on Friday. When asked whether Turkey will take action to reopen the corridor to Aleppo, Davutoğlu said, “Wait for the next few days and you will have the answer,” daily Hürriyet reported on Friday.

An offensive by Syrian forces, Hezbollah and Shiite militias directed by Iran and backed by Russian bombing raids has reversed opposition gains on the ground and encircled rebels inside Aleppo. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday that the number of refugees fleeing to Turkish border might reach 600,000 if airs strikes continue.

Davutoğlu also criticized the US for not listing the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) as a terrorist organization. He argued that the People's Protection Units (YPG), the armed wing of the PYD, supplies arms to the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). “When US Vice President Joe Biden came [to Turkey in late January], we showed him everything on a map for five hours. We shared everything about which routes are used by the YPG to carry weapons to Turkey. We expect [the US to show] sensitivity [about the issue]. We cannot see the YPG as legitimate just because it is fighting against the [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant] ISIL,” Hürriyet quoted Davutoğlu as saying.

The YPG has been a reliable ally in the fight against the ISIL on the ground and has benefited from the US arms supply on several occasions. Both the US and the EU share Turkey's view of the PKK and see it as a terrorist organization. However, under US law, the PYD is not considered a terrorist group and US officials repeatedly said that their cooperation with the PYD against ISIL will continue.
Davutoğlu signals Turkish action after fall of Aleppo corridor

 

[C130]

Turks more worried about Kurds than IS that's disturbing

 

[bsruzm]

Turks more worried about Kurds than IS that's disturbing

Not as disgusting as US though.

 

[madmusti]

Turks more worried about Kurds than IS that's disturbing

Why is it "disturbing" ?

Kurds are damaging Turkey since the republic is founded :

Kurdish rebellions in Turkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ISIS is just a one Terror Organisation in Syria & Iraq and atleast we should not forget who has destabilized Iraq !

 

[Blackmoon]

It's not Syria, Iraq or Yemen it's cizre turkey...

 

[C130]

Why is it "disturbing" ?

Kurds are damaging Turkey since the republic is founded :

Kurdish rebellions in Turkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ISIS is just a one Terror Organisation in Syria & Iraq and atleast we should not forget who has destabilized Iraq !

Turks support FSA and IS. the same groups destabilizing Syria and causing ethnic cleansing of Kurds,Yezidis, and Christians.

YPG are saints compared to IS.

 

[TheNoob]

It's not Syria, Iraq or Yemen it's cizre turkey...

wwwooow.... o.o
Where is that

 

[Blackmoon]

wwwooow.... o.o
Where is that

Cizre town in turkey as written above.

 

[Timur]

Not as honorless and disgusting as US though.

yeah bombing its own allies.. to support another ally..

Turks support FSA and IS. the same groups destabilizing Syria and causing ethnic cleansing of Kurds,Yezidis, and Christians.

YPG are saints compared to IS.

while our only source is you.. we will belive this idotic love of terrorists.. some day you will drop them and then maybe you will say that they are terrorists and far worse than IS

 

[bsruzm]

yeah bombing its own allies.. to support another ally..

Turks disturbing some terrorist sob, I don't know should I honestly bother? Fun hasn't started yet though...

 

[nangyale]

Turks more worried about Kurds than IS that's disturbing

Turks are not worried about Kurds. They are part of the Turkish state including the Army.

What Turkey is worried about is terrorist organizations like the PKK and there bedfellows PYD

and YPG.

 

[jetray]

cizre turkey..

really bad, pity the ppl in that area. Rest of the turkey seems totally unaffected.

 

[C130]

Turks are not worried about Kurds. They are part of the Turkish state including the Army.

What Turkey is worried about is terrorist organizations like the PKK and there bedfellows PYD

and YPG.

not all Kurds are terrorists as you pointed out they are part of the Turkish state (in turkey) and the Army, but Turkey has no say on Kurds living in Syria,Iraq, and Iran.


you focus on Kurds while looking the other way when it comes to IS/Al Nusrah who have killed many more people than any PKK terrorist has Turks.

I don't see PKK making execution videos of killing Turkish people like IS does. I don't see the Kurds on a genocidal murder in the region like IS.

question now is why isn't IS attacking Turky if it's part of the infidel coalition?


what will it take for Turkey to attack IS like it has PKK??


playing a very dangerous game.

 

[nangyale]

not all Kurds are terrorists as you pointed out they are part of the Turkish state (in turkey) and the Army, but Turkey has no say on Kurds living in Syria,Iraq, and Iran.


you focus on Kurds while looking the other way when it comes to IS/Al Nusrah who have killed many more people than any PKK terrorist has Turks.

I don't see PKK making execution videos of killing Turkish people like IS does. I don't see the Kurds on a genocidal murder in the region like IS.

question now is why isn't IS attacking Turky if it's part of the infidel coalition?


what will it take for Turkey to attack IS like it has PKK??


playing a very dangerous game.

It's not playing any games. It's called looking after your own interests first.

Daesh is an international terror group. It came into being only a few years ago and the way things are going in a few years time this monster will disappear.
There are plenty of countries that are affected and or appalled at the behaviour of this organisation. So it's easier to target and eradicate and therefore Turkey doesn't need to make it it's first priority.

PKK and it's offshoot YPG is actual the complete opposite. There goal is the dismemberment of Turkish state and they are solely focused on this. Therefore it's incumbent on the Turkish state to target them with their full might and to not let itself by destroyed.

 

[Daneshmand]

It's not Syria, Iraq or Yemen it's cizre turkey...

Yeah, those are Kurdish areas of Turkey.

Very sad.