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Turkish PM: Syrian Kurdish militia taking orders from PKK

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Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu addresses the media in Ankara. (File photo: Reuters)

Turkish PM: Syrian Kurdish militia taking orders from PKK

Davutoglu said blaming the PKK for a car bomb attack last week in Ankara was an attempt to exonerate the YPG

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Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia was taking orders from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group waging an insurgency for Kurdish autonomy in Turkey’s southeast.

Speaking in parliament, Davutoglu said blaming the PKK for a car bomb attack which killed 28 people last week in the capital Ankara was an attempt to exonerate the YPG. The groups worked together in carrying out the bombing, Davutoglu said.


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