Monday, September 12, 2016

Erdogan:Turkey Has "Binding Duty" to Defeat IS; Says Turkey to Remove IS from Syria's N. Border

Turkey has a "binding duty" to defeat the Islamic State (IS) in neighboring Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an address yesterday, the UPI website reports today (September 12, 2016).

Last month, Turkey launched an offensive to remove the Islamic State from Syria's northern border region. He called that a "first step" in the fight against the Islamic State.

He also said Turkey would defeat the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), and the supporters of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen.

Erdogan added that Gulen and his followers were behind the July 15 attempted coup in Turkey. Gulen lives in self-imposed exile in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, and Turkey has been negotiating with the United States on his extradition.

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