Tusk spoke Wednesday of working toward “an agreement to further strengthen our cooperation with Turkey in order to stem the flow of migrants from Turkey to Europe”.
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“There is no reason why the bomb that exploded in Ankara can not explode in Brussels, in any other European city”, he stressed, refereeing to last weeks blast, which took 37 lives and was claimed by a radical Kurdish group.
Millions of refugees from Syria have moved into Turkey, draining its resources and straining its economy, says CNN.
The attack was in retaliation for the “massacre in Kurdistan”, a statement on the group’s website said, referring to the intensified conflict between Turkish security forces and the PKK.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said he had received “very serious and nearly certain” findings that the PKK was responsible.
The TAK said “our comrade” Seher Cagla Demir was the female suicide bomber behind the Ankara attack.
The suspects, who were detained in connection with last Sunday’s deadly bombing in the Turkish capital, appeared in an Ankara court on Friday to give testimony to public prosecutors.
A year later the group killed four people in an attack at Manavgat, whose waterfall is a major tourist attraction near the Mediterranean resort town of Antalya. But critics say the heavy-handed operations are collective punishment and security forces have killed civilians with impunity.
The Freedom Falcons are shrouded in a degree of mystery but thought to have splintered from the PKK.
The U.S. disputes that and lists the PKK as a terror group.
Forensic experts investigate the scene of an explosion on March 14, 2016 the day after a suicide vehicle …
Leading UK Labour Party member, Ken Livingstone, urged the Turkish government to allow the Kurds, who are pushing for a state of their own, to decide on their future via a referendum. In Ankara, people protested against the government but were dispersed with rubber bullets and tear gas.
On top of all this, Turkey is battling a terrorist insurgency.
At least 40,000 people have been killed since the PKK began its fight for Kurdish autonomy in the south-east three decades ago.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for a change in the definition of terrorism under Turkish law, saying anyone who abets or supports those who pull a trigger or blow up a bomb should also be considered terrorists.
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