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Turkey won't tolerate Kurdish entity in Syria
Source: Associated Press
Turkey won't tolerate Kurdish entity in Syria
July 26, 2012 10:41 AM EST AP
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey will not tolerate the creation of a Kurdish-run region in Syria, its prime minister said Thursday following reports that Kurdish rebels and a Syrian Kurdish political party had taken control of five cities along the Syrian-Turkish border.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan's comments underscored Turkey's concern that the creation of a Kurdish authority in the north of Syria could provide a sanctuary to Turkey's own Kurdish separatists, who took up arms against the state in 1984. The Kurdish rebels already use northern Iraq as a springboard for attacks in Turkey.
The prime minister said Turkey's military is closely monitoring the developments. He warned the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, which is fighting for self-rule in Turkey's southeast, and the Democratic Union Party of Syria, known as the PYD, to avoid any attempt at collaboration.
Otherwise, "it would not be possible for us to tolerate and watch this," Erdogan told reporters before departing to London for the opening of the 2012 Olympic Games. "No one should attempt to provoke us. If a step needs to be taken against the (PKK) we would not hesitate to take it."
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July 26, 2012 10:41 AM EST AP
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey will not tolerate the creation of a Kurdish-run region in Syria, its prime minister said Thursday following reports that Kurdish rebels and a Syrian Kurdish political party had taken control of five cities along the Syrian-Turkish border.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan's comments underscored Turkey's concern that the creation of a Kurdish authority in the north of Syria could provide a sanctuary to Turkey's own Kurdish separatists, who took up arms against the state in 1984. The Kurdish rebels already use northern Iraq as a springboard for attacks in Turkey.
The prime minister said Turkey's military is closely monitoring the developments. He warned the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, which is fighting for self-rule in Turkey's southeast, and the Democratic Union Party of Syria, known as the PYD, to avoid any attempt at collaboration.
Otherwise, "it would not be possible for us to tolerate and watch this," Erdogan told reporters before departing to London for the opening of the 2012 Olympic Games. "No one should attempt to provoke us. If a step needs to be taken against the (PKK) we would not hesitate to take it."
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Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120726/eu-turkey-syria-kurds/
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