Turkish Presidency Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalın has said that Turkey has the right to close Incirlik Airbase, a key base for the anti-Daesh coalition campaign in Syria, amid discussion on Turkey's suppositional move to close the base due to the lack of the US' support to the Euphrates Shield operation of Turkey in Syria.
"We have the right to close the airbase, but we don't have any rush in evacuating the airbase," said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's spokesman on Thursday.
Turkey told U.S. officials it has not received sufficient support in its fight against Daesh in the last month-and-a-half and expects full support in its bid to drive the Daesh terrorists out of Syria's al-Bab, Kalın said.
"If U.S. didn't break the promises it gave, then Aleppo wouldn't have faced such a big massacre," Kalın said.
Turkey launched an incursion into Syria in August to clear the Daesh terrorists along with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists from northern Syria.
Ibrahim Kalin also said he had the impression U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's administration would take greater account of Turkey's "sensitivities".
