Erdogan Announces Opening of a Consulate in Aleppo, Urging Kurdish Militants to Surrender Their Weapons
December 25, 2024, 12:07 pm

Erdogan Announces Opening of a Consulate in Aleppo, Urging Kurdish Militants to Surrender Their Weapons

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In light of the ongoing fighting between Turkish-backed Syrian factions and the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northeastern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan emphasized today, Wednesday, the importance of Kurdish militants in Syria laying down their arms, warning that if they do not, they will be buried in Syrian territory.

Erdogan stated during a speech to the deputies of the Justice and Development Party in parliament: "Either the Kurdish militants dispose of their weapons, or they will meet their demise in Syrian territory along with their weapons."

The Turkish president also noted that his country would allow Syrian refugees to come and go for a period, anticipating an increase in traffic during the summer after the academic year ends.

In this context, Erdogan announced the upcoming opening of a Turkish consulate in the city of Aleppo.

For its part, the Turkish military announced the killing of 21 Kurdish militants during military operations that took place in northern Syria and Iraq. The Turkish Ministry of Defense stated in a communiqué that 20 militants, belonging to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Kurdish People's Protection Units, were killed in northern Syria while preparing to carry out an attack, while another militant was killed in northern Iraq. The ministry confirmed that "Our operations will continue effectively and resolutely."

It is worth mentioning that the PKK, which is considered a terrorist organization by Turkey, the European Union, and the United States, began an armed insurgency against the Turkish state in 1984, resulting in the deaths of more than 40,000 people.

Turkey sees the YPG, which is the main force within the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, as an extension of the PKK and also considers it a terrorist group. Turkey emphasizes the necessity of dismantling the YPG since the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, stressing that there is no place for them in Syria's future.

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