Foreign Ministry spokesperson has mentioned the US State Department’s 2021 Country Report on Terrorism consists of allegations primarily based on rumour and biased press stories elevating doubts concerning the seriousness of the report.
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The US State Department’s 2021 Country Report on Terrorism is intentionally distorting Türkiye’s battle towards terrorist organisations that pose a direct menace to its safety, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanju Bilgiç has mentioned.
In a press release printed on Friday, Bilgiç mentioned that the report mentions terror group The Syrian Democratic Forces, The Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s Syrian wing, as associate towards Daesh, revealing that the US nonetheless desires to make use of one terror group towards one other.
“It is not acceptable that US describes Turkish fight against Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) terrorists as political and expects US to end FETO’s presence and activities in its country immediately,” he mentioned within the assertion.
“The US report also includes hearsay claims and biased press reports raising doubts about US seriousness in fighting terror.”
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In its greater than 36-year terror marketing campaign towards Türkiye, the PKK – listed as a terrorist organisation by Türkiye, the US, and the EU – has been chargeable for the deaths of at the very least 40,000 individuals, together with ladies, kids, and infants.
The assertion mentioned that Turkey is actively combatting terrorist teams, significantly PKK/PYD/YPG, DHKP-C, FETO, and Daesh, in accordance with the legislation and making important contributions to world efforts within the battle towards terrorism.
Türkiye has lengthy pressed the US for the extradition of Fetullah Gulen, FETO’s ringleader and the organiser of the July 15, 2016 defeated coup, during which 251 individuals have been killed and a pair of,734 injured within the nation.
Ankara additionally accuses FETO of being behind a long-running marketing campaign to overthrow the state by the infiltration of Turkish establishments, significantly the navy, police, and judiciary.
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Source: www.trtworld.com
