Erdogan hails Turkish century, calls for eliminating terror threat in Syria
Syrian Kurds distance themselves from the PKK.
In a speech to his ruling Justice and Development Party on Dec. 27, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan termed the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-led takeover of Syria this month a "revolution" linked to advances of the "Century of Turkiye."
Erdogan has a spring in his step, his neo-Ottoman aspirations, he feels, now closer than ever.
A top priority is dealing once and for all with the "terror issue" by "eliminating threats" originating from Syria, he said Friday.
In Erdogan’s score, "terrorists" are first and foremost linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). He views the US-aligned Syrian Democratic Forces and associated Kurdish parties as a branch of the PKK, which Turkey, the EU and the US have also tagged a terrorist group.
