Speaking to the UN General Assembly, Turkey’s foreign minister on Tuesday slammed countries which draw distinctions between various terror groups, such as Daesh and the PKK.
“When Daesh kills innocent civilians, we all react, and this is the right thing to do,” Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu told a General Assembly meeting on “Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace.”
But, he added: “When FETO or the PKK/PYD/YPG kill innocent civilians, some countries choose to ignore it. Because these terrorist groups might be useful for them somewhere else.”
The Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) and its US-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup in Turkey of July 15, 2016, which left 250 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.
Turkey’s top diplomat also called for reforms to the UN, saying now these are “more important than ever.”
Cavusoglu later told reporters that Turkey’s upcoming early elections on June 24 should not be used as a “domestic political fodder” in some European countries.