The Turkish president vowed to go after terrorists “no matter who they collude with”
Türkiye is determined to “root out” terrorists no matter where they are or who they regard as partners, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared on Friday.
His comments come after Washington protested to Ankara about an airstrike that “directly threatened” US troops working with Kurdish militias in Syria.
“No matter who terrorists collude with, Türkiye will always hold them accountable for every drop of blood they shed,” Erdogan said in a speech at the Istanbul Shipyard. The Turkish president joined Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for the ceremonial inauguration of the ‘PNS Khaibar’, one of the four corvettes Islamabad has commissioned from Türkiye.
Erdogan also said that “no one can lecture Türkiye, which is the only NATO ally that fought Daesh hand to hand and was victorious,” referring to the terrorist group Islamic State (IS,…
