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TURKEY WILL NOT ALLOW CITIZENS TO FIGHT IN KOBANE - DAVUTOGLU
12:33 â~@¢ 16.10.14
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said Turkey will not allow
its citizens to cross to border to Syria to fight against the Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants alongside Kurds in
Kobane, Hurriyet Daily News reports.
"We don't want our citizens to fight in Syria and we are trying to
stop those who illegally cross the border," Davutoglu told the media
during a press conference at the Interior Ministry Oct. 15.
Davutoglu also said Turkish citizens of Kurdish origin who died
during fighting in Kobane, where fierce clashes have been ongoing
since ISIL's first started bidding to capture the town a month ago,
caused him "sorrow."
However, he slammed Selahattin DemirtaÅ~_, the co-chair of the
Kurdish-leftist bloc of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) for his
remarks this week that "tens of thousands Kurdish youth" were ready
to fight against ISIL if the Turkish-Syrian border gates into Kobane
are opened.
"If any Syrian wants to go to Syria for fighting, the border gates are
open for them, but even they themselves do not want to go," he said,
adding that around 300 members of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party
(PYD) had recently laid down their arms in Syria and taken refuge
in Turkey.
"Just a small group of them want to cross the border to fight ISIL
militants, whereas the majority wants to stay safely in Turkey,"
Davutoglu said. "What can we do? Do we force them to go back?"
Read more on the Hurriyet Daily News website.
Armenian News - Tert.am
12:33 â~@¢ 16.10.14
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said Turkey will not allow
its citizens to cross to border to Syria to fight against the Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants alongside Kurds in
Kobane, Hurriyet Daily News reports.
"We don't want our citizens to fight in Syria and we are trying to
stop those who illegally cross the border," Davutoglu told the media
during a press conference at the Interior Ministry Oct. 15.
Davutoglu also said Turkish citizens of Kurdish origin who died
during fighting in Kobane, where fierce clashes have been ongoing
since ISIL's first started bidding to capture the town a month ago,
caused him "sorrow."
However, he slammed Selahattin DemirtaÅ~_, the co-chair of the
Kurdish-leftist bloc of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) for his
remarks this week that "tens of thousands Kurdish youth" were ready
to fight against ISIL if the Turkish-Syrian border gates into Kobane
are opened.
"If any Syrian wants to go to Syria for fighting, the border gates are
open for them, but even they themselves do not want to go," he said,
adding that around 300 members of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party
(PYD) had recently laid down their arms in Syria and taken refuge
in Turkey.
"Just a small group of them want to cross the border to fight ISIL
militants, whereas the majority wants to stay safely in Turkey,"
Davutoglu said. "What can we do? Do we force them to go back?"
Read more on the Hurriyet Daily News website.
Armenian News - Tert.am