Thursday 18 February 2016

Turkey blames Syria's YPG group for Ankara bombing


Ahmet Davutoglu calls on countries to pick a side after car bomb kills at least 28 people in central Ankara.

Davutoglu called on the US to end its co-operation with the YPG and list it as a terrorist group [AP]Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has blamed Syria's PKK-linked YPG group for a blast in the capital, Ankara, that killed at least 28 people.
The Turkish leader used the speech on Thursday to call on the country's allies to pick a side.

Davutoglu blamed the suicide attack on a Syrian Kurd with links to the YPG, adding nine others linked to the attack were arrested after the bombing.
The Turkish prime minister called on the US and other allies to end co-operation with the YPG in Syria and list it as a terrorist group.
"We cannot continue to accept these dual standards. We are looking forward to a uniform stance against them [YPG]," Davutoglu said.
"We call on all the countries to take a clear stance against those terrorist organisations...either stand by the side of Turkey as a state or take side with terrorists."

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