Turkey continues to fight the Daesh terror group both at home and abroad, the country's director of communications said early Thursday, Eurasia Diary reports citing Anadolu Agency.
"Turkey’s operation to root out terror groups from its Syrian border can’t be linked to the potential strengthening of Daesh,” Fahrettin Altun said on Twitter, referring to Turkey’s operation against groups such as the YPG, the Syrian offshoot of the PKK terror organization.
“Such a misguided argument ignores Turkey’s legitimate national security interests," he added.
Altun stressed that Turkey's goal is to create safe zones free of terror, regardless of its origin.
“We will continue to do so even if we do not receive proper recognition of our efforts,” he said.
He said those who continue to ignore Turkey's legitimate security concerns have no right to criticize its operations.
"They should reconsider their own support for terror groups. It is not befitting of a NATO ally to call a terror group ‘best partners’ against Daesh," Altun added, referring to the U.S. partnership with the YPG.