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PYD threatens Turkey once more over operation Euphrates Shield

PYD Leader Muslim threatened Ankara, saying that Turkey will pay price for the operation in Jarablus and insulted President Erdoğan by saying he has a 'Kasımpaşa mentality'

Ersin Çelik
10:48 - 28/08/2016 Sunday
Update: 10:59 - 28/08/2016 Sunday
Yeni Şafak

The leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)-affiliated Democratic Union Party (PYD), Saleh Muslim, has threatened Turkey following operation Euphrates Shield operation conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) and air forces belonging to the U.S.-led international coalition, with the U.S. aiming to clear the terror group from the north Syrian city of Jarablus.



"The operation will end badly for Turkey," Muslim wrote on Twitter account, saying that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has a "Kasımpaşa mentality," referring to the Istanbul district where President Erdoğan was born.






Previously, Muslim wrote on Twitter in three languages that "Turkey is in a Syrian quagmire. It will be defeated like Daesh."



On Wednesday, Ankara launched a cross-border operation in Syria against the Daesh terrorist organization.



The operation comes in response to terrorist attacks on Turkish soil and artillery fire by Daesh terrorists in Syria on targets inside Turkey.





Security measures ramped up in Turkey



Turkey took crucial steps, with more than 37,000 individuals on a no-entry list between 2011 and February 2016.



More than 3,000 foreigners, who had entered Turkey through illegal means, were deported for suspected ties to terrorist organizations.



Also, 7,500 foreigners were checked by the Risk Analysis Centers that were established, with more than 1,700 sent back to their countries of origin.



In addition, as part of operations by Turkish law enforcement officials against terrorist groups, 2,433 individuals — of whom 1,030 are foreigners — were detained and 808 of the total number were arrested for having links to Daesh.



Turkey also increased its physical security precautions along its border with Syria, including the building of smart security towers equipped with arms and a reinforced wall, of which 300 kilometers is presently completed.





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