NATO countries must put hypocrisy aside and decide whether their ally is Turkey or some terrorists in Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday at the award ceremony of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey known as TÜBİTAK.
Erdogan noted that NATO has been completely indifferent to the threat of terrorism in Turkey, as the country was targeted in terrorist attacks.
He highlighted that Turkey is fighting by itself against all terrorist groups, without any support from regional allies or NATO.
"The coalition supposedly established to fight Daesh does not provide any support to Turkey's al-Bab operation, which is inflicting the most damage on the terrorists and is breaking the back of Daesh" Erdogan said.
In response to U.S. statements that they do not provide weapons to terrorist organizations, Erdogan said that Turkey will not 'buy such lies' saying 'we only give ammunition' to terror groups, not weapons.
The president warned that terror organizations supported by the West will eventually attack the nations that support them as well:
"Sooner or later, terrorist groups such as PKK always bite the hand which feeds them."
He also said that NATO countries 'must put hypocrisy aside and decide whether their ally is Turkey or some terrorists in Syria.'
Daily Sabah
