Turkey Denies Ceasefire Reports with PKK/PYD

16:17     31 August, 2016

Turkish EU Minister Ömer Çelik refuted claims that there had been a ceasefire agreement between Turkey and the PKK/PYD terror group, Turkish Yeni Safak reports.

Several media reports on Tuesday, citing U.S. officials, had said that a ceasefire had been agreed to between Turkey-backed Syrian rebels and PYD/PKK forces.

"The Republic of Turkey is an independent, lawful state," said Celik. "It cannot be evaluated as if they [Turkey and PKK/PYD] were equal and there was an agreement between them."


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