Turkey's Erdogan says will "never allow" Kurdish state - media

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Maybe Erdogan is helping ISIS as has been insinuated.


World | Sat Jun 27, 2015 6:10pm BST
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Turkey's Erdogan says will "never allow" Kurdish state - media

ISTANBUL

President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted on Saturday as saying Turkey would never allow the formation of a Kurdish state embracing its south-east and parts of northern Syria, comments likely to anger Kurds as a peace process with Ankara stalls.

Turkey has looked askance as Syrian Kurds have made military advances against Islamic State militants in neighbouring Syria, fearing that could lead to the creation of an autonomous Kurdish state there and further embolden Turkey's own 14 million-strong Kurdish minority.

"We will never allow the establishment of a state in Syria's north and our south. We will continue our fight in this regard no matter what it costs," local media quoted Erdogan as saying during a dinner late on Friday.

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