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Posted on 12/24/2015 4:16:52 PM PST by Mariner
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu accused the head of Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition party of treason on Thursday for using a trip to Moscow to condemn Ankara's shooting down of a Russian warplane over Syria.
Selahattin Demirtas, co-head of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), met foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Wednesday and criticized Ankara for shooting down the warplane near the border with Syria last month. Moscow denies it had entered Turkish airspace.
"They take sides with whoever Turkey is facing a crisis with. Demirtas saying in Moscow that Turkey's downing of Russian jet was wrong is a total disgrace and treason," Davutoglu told a meeting of businessmen in Ankara.
"Our main duty is to raise our voice against Russian cruelty. Supporting Russia while it kills civilians in Syria is treason not only against this country, but also against humanity."
Kurdish politicians have accused Ankara of focusing military efforts on Kurdish militia in Iraq and Syria and failing to take up the fight with Islamic State.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
But, surely he does.
Yes, the Syrian/Iraqi chaos could spread to Turkey, even Jordan.
The house of Saud may end up begging Iran for protection.
I support a free and independent Kurdistan. The Turks stabbed us in the back during OIF when they would not let the 4th ID invade Iraq from the north. The Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the World with out a country. Kill ISIS and carve Kurdistan out of Iraq, Syria and Turkey.
Are you able to determine who is adding "frontpage" to my old posts?
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