Erdogan: “We will not participate in the international coalition against ISIS before our demands are met.”

 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey would not participate in any military operations within the international coalition against the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant before its demands were met.

Erdogan stated, in a press statement on a plane on his way to Afghanistan on Saturday evening, that Turkey had applied 4 requests to the American International alliance: the declaration of no-fly zone, the establishment of a safe zone, the training of the Syrians and providing them with weapons, and launching an operation against the Syrian regime, stressing that his country would not be involved in any operation before achieving these demands.

Erdogan said it is illogical that his country would support the international coalition in light of the frequent news of the intention of some countries arming the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) to contribute to the fight against the organization ISIS, because that party is a terrorist organization for Turkey.