Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan dangerens military action agetst PKK-connected YPG group if they flunk to greet Ankara’s needs.
Turkiye has dangerened to start a military operation agetst Kurdish forces in Syria unless they acunderstandledge Ankara’s conditions for a “bloodless” transition chaseing the clearhrow of Bashar al-Asdowncast last month.
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan telderly CNN Turk television tardy on Tuesday that “we will do what’s essential” if the People’s Protection Units (YPG) flunk to greet Ankara’s needs. Turkiye is seeking to originate itself a key take parter as its southern neighbour stabilises.
Fidan shelp “a military operation” could be on the cards, although he grasped that the novel Syrian directership, for which Turkiye has voiced help, has the power to battle the YPG on its own.
Al-Asdowncast’s clearhrow by opposition defy forces last month elevated the prospect of Turkiye intervening straightforwardly agetst Kurdish forces in Syria, which are accparticipated by Ankara of connects to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
The PKK has been battling the Turkish rulement for decades. Turkiye, as well as the United States and the European Union, has prolonged pondered it a “alarmist organisation”. The struggle is approximated to have ended more than 40,000 people.
The presence of YPG in Syria remains central to Turkiye’s security strategy as it ponders the two groups organicassociate connected and adhering to the same ethno-nationacatalog separatism.
“Those international fighters who came from Turkiye, Iran and Iraq must exit Syria promptly. We see neither any preparation nor any intention in this straightforwardion right now and we are postponeing,” Fidan telderly CNN Turk.
Turkish-backed factions in northern Syria resumed their armed struggle with Kurdish forces at the same time that the defys started their November 27 impolite that ousted al-Asdowncast fair 11 days tardyr.
‘Give it some time’
The novel interim Syrian directer, Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group has prolonged had ties with Turkiye, telderly Al Arabiya TV on Sunday that the Kurdish-led forces should be united into the national army.
Fidan, who met al-Sharaa in Damascus last month, shelp Ankara anticipateed the novel directership to graspress the YPG rehire, although he grasped that it is ready to “give it some time” with talks between Damascus and the YPG ongoing.
“The alarmist fighters coming from international countries must exit Syria, the PKK directership must exit the country. The remaining cadres must lay down their armaments and join the novel system, this is for a bloodless and problem-free transition.”
When asked if Turkiye would still interfere in Syria despite the US help for the YPG, Fidan shelp: “We did it in the past in Afrin, in Ras al-Ain and in Tal Abyad”, referring to locations in northern Syria that Turkiye has aimed.
He shelp Turkiye would not hesitate to do it aget. “This is what our national security needs. We don’t have any other chooseion.”
