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Turkish PM accuses pro-Kurdish party head of treason
Earlier on Saturday, Demirtas said he would be traveling to Moscow to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
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The minister believes that there is already some warming in Ankara-Moscow relations, adding that following the incident with Russian SU-24 bomber, Turkey spoke for normalization of relations.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the move “a stab in the back”, and the Turkish authorities refused to apologize.
Russian Federation has not openly expressed support for Demirtas’ pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), but has in recent weeks hailed Syrian Kurds as an effective fighting force against ISIS.
While Turkey’sNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization allies, led by the USA, have corroborated Ankara’s account of downing of the Russian jet, no evidence has emerged to suggest cooperation or prior knowledge, as Turkish officials have maintained that they acted to protect the country’s territory and sovereignty.
He also dismissed on Twitter criticism of the visit, pointing out that the government was “ignorant” as he also visited Moscow a year ago. “But Nic.tr, a non-government body that administers addresses for websites using the “.tr” domain, including ministries, the military, banks and many commercial sites, said they originated from “organized sources” outside Turkey.
Major operations have turned Kurdish towns like Cizre into warzones. “Data were also presented concerning the facts of the Turkish side smuggling militants to the northern districts of Syria in order to replenish the terrorist ranks”, the press service said.
Russian watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor, which oversees grain exports, was not immediately available for comment on Thursday.
Lavrov hailed the Turkish Kurds as potential allies against the Islamic State group and told Demirtas that Russian Federation was ready to cooperate closely with them.
Kurdish politicians have accused Ankara of focusing military efforts on Kurdish militia in Iraq and Syria and failing to take up the fight with Islamic State.
The PKK affiliated YPG are considered some of the best fighters against “IS”.
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Protecting the rights of Crimean Tatars, who are ethnic Turks, has been a problematic issue between Ankara and Moscow. Since 1984, at least 40,000 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced in the conflict.