“Whoever Invented DAESH Is the One Who Established PYD”

Speaking at a meeting with AK Party’s Provincial Heads, President Erdoğan said, “No matter what anyone says, it has become completely obvious that PYD, supported under the guise of ‘fighting against DAESH’ is only the other side of the medallion. For this reason, there is no need to look for further solid evidence other than the public confessions of those who say that they respect the cooperation between DAESH and PYD.”

President and AK Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended and delivered a speech at the Extended Meeting with Provincial Heads of the Justice and Development Party.

Indicating that they closely follow the sensitive process in Syria and Iraq as they consider it to be related to the survival and future of Turkey, President Erdoğan declared, “Idlib operation continues as planned. As Turkey, Russia and Iran, we have covered a great distance in establishing a common position concerning the developments in the region.”

CEASEFIRE IN SYRIA

Articulating that there are many issues about which Turkey, Iran and Russia have differing contrasting opinions but that this situation does not hinder their cooperation for the common interest of their countries and the peoples of the region, President Erdoğan announced that they will be meeting with President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and President of Iran Hassan Rouhani in Sochi on November 22^nd.

At the same time, President Erdoğan emphasized the importance of Afrin for Turkey and stated that this region where Arabs, Kurds and Turkmens live together must be cleared from PYD and YPG terrorist organizations. President Erdoğan said, “We will be and we have to be present as the dominant element at the observation points there. If we are not present there as the dominant element, then various terrorist organizations will attempt to occupy the region.”

“THE US DISHONORED MAJORITY OF THEIR PROMISES ON SYRIA”

Underlining the fact that the United States of America (US) did not keep majority of their promises since the beginning of the Syrian crisis has caused great disappointment for Turkey, President Erdoğan said, “This time, we do not want to be deceived in the same way in Afrin.”

Stating that many problems in Raqqa, Manbij and Deir ez-Zor which can be resolved easily through the alliance of the US and Turkey are insistently led into a dead end by the US, President Erdoğan explained that they proposed to “handle this issue together” concerning Raqqa and Manbij and that the US administration repeatedly promised by saying “Do not worry, there will remain neither PYD nor YPG here” and then dishonored these promises.

“WE ARE AWARE OF THE SCENARIO THAT IS TRIED TO BE STAGED”

Articulating that the US administration changed the name of YPG to SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) and stated “We there cooperate with SDF, not YPG”, President Erdoğan recalled that there are 14 American land and air bases in Northern Syria and that the US delivered 3500 trailer trucks full of heavy armored vehicles, weaponry and ammunition to PYD-YPG terrorist organization.

Raising the question of “Why are you coming to Syria from a distance of 12000 kilometers?” President Erdoğan underscored that payments are made to DAESH terrorist organization under the guise of “fight against DAESH”; that Turkish security forces and Free Syrian Army fought bravely against this terrorist organization and cleared an area of 2000 square kilometers from DAESH terrorist organization.

WITHDRAWAL OF TURKISH TROOPS FROM NATO DRILL IN NORWAY

“We are perfectly aware of the scenario tried to be staged by the US which sabotages Turkey’s operations against DAESH and PYD” said President Erdoğan and made the following remarks: “I want to reiterate, alliance and engaging in activities contradicting the alliance are two different things. That is, just because we stand together with NATO, can’t we state the errors? With all due respect, we will state them. Look, recently there was an incident in Norway. They put up a table called the “table of enemies” and on this table, as targets there were Atatürk’s photo on one side and my photo on the other side. When the news arrived, the Chief of General Staff and the Minister of European Union were on their way to Canada. They called us on the way and said ‘the situation is this, this is a NATO drill, we have 40 soldiers there, and we decided to withdraw our soldiers’. We of course told them to do so at once. That is, even if the targets are removed, withdraw our 40 soldiers immediately. There cannot be an alliance like this. Of course they are handling the necessary connections, developments, dialogues etc.”

“DAESH WAS INVENTED BY POWERS CLAIMING TO FIGHT AGAINST THIS ORGANIZATION”

President Erdoğan underlined that DAESH terrorist organization is an army of murderers invented, armed and directed by the powers which claim to fight against this very organization and that whoever is behind this organization becomes more evident everyday with new documents and said, “Cadres which came or were brought to the region with different goals were directed by a special team according to a pre-made scenario. The core team of DAESH was moved from one place to another by the dominant powers in the region to spread fire and blood everywhere.”

President Erdoğan made the following remarks: “Nobody uttered a word when another terrorist organization which was armed and trained to supposedly fight against DAESH committed the same atrocities and expanded its area of domination. I recall once again, let’s not forget, every piece of information from decapitations to massacres and rapes committed by DAESH was served by the media controlled by Western countries. It is understood that all of these were elements of a meticulous plan to reshape the region. Hundreds of thousands of people who lost their lives in Syria and Iraq due to the conflicts with and stemming from DAESH are innocent victims of this same evil plan. My friends, I openly declare from here; whoever invented DAESH is the one who established PYD. The ones who support PYD are the ones who wanted to destabilize Iraq even more by encouraging the Administration in Northern Iraq to declare independence. Of course, we shouldn’t forget that the same powers protect FETO within their own protective shield and continue to support it.”

“DAESH WAS AN INSTRUMENT IN FREELY EXPRESSING ISLAMOPHOBIA”

“Nobody can make us believe that SDF is a democratic organization. It has democratic in its name but it is a terrorist organization” underlined President Erdoğan and pointed out that there is no criticism, objection or analysis in the Western media concerning the relation between DAESH and PYD and added, “There wouldn’t be any, because the scenario is complicated and it doesn’t include them. No matter what anyone says, it has become completely obvious that PYD, supported under the guise of “fighting against DAESH” is only the other side of the medallion. For this reason, there is no need to look for further solid evidence other than the public confessions of those who say that they “respect the cooperation between DAESH and PYD.

President Erdoğan made the following concluding remarks: “Despite these clear facts, there are still some who insistently continue to generate discourses of heroism and freedom for these organizations. We know that they are not concerned with DAESH or even with fight against terrorism. For them, DAESH was an instrument in freely expressing Islamophobia. The reason why they polish PYD is because it is an appropriate instrument for their projects of reshaping the region. After a while, once it completes its function, it is highly possible that they will throw this organization aside like a piece of trash. Therefore, for the game-setters, the fact that these two organizations which were once made to fight each other now came together constitutes no problem. However, the people of these lands shall not forget, not even after centuries, those who voluntarily took part in the scenarios which smothered the region in blood and fire. We shall also never forget those who participated in schemes against our country, which embraced all the oppressed and the victims without exception and shared its food with them.”