The US’s continued support for affiliates of the PKK terror group in the name of fighting Daesh has long been a point of concern for Türkiye and threatens to strain relations between the two NATO allies
Funeral prayers of Adem Topkara and his wife, Mukaddes Elif Topkara, who lost their lives in the terrorist attack on Beyoglu Istiklal Street, were held at the Ayazaga Central Mosque. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu also attended the funeral prayer.
, notes that the PKK and its affiliates continued its propaganda, protest, recruitment and fundraising activities throughout Europe despite Covid-19, and that PKK members were involved in “organised crime such money laundering, racketeering, extortion and drug trafficking”. The PKK, or YPG, terrorists in northern Syria make up the majority and dominate US-backed SDF – Syrian Democratic Forces.Washington dubs SDF its key armed ally to fight Daesh, which controlled a vast swath of Syrian territory up till 2017. Türkiye says the SDF is merely a political front to hide the PKK/YPG presence among its ranks.
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