Turkey- Turkish president calls for unity against terrorism

2015-10-24 06:48:17

(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) International cooperation is key to fighting terrorism Turkey’s president said Saturday in a statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the UN.

“To fight against terrorist organizations such as Daesh al-Qaeda the PKK the YPG and the DHKP-C all UN member states should be in solidarity” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

Turkey has been fighting a 31-year conflict with the Kurdish terrorist group the PKK and also considers its Syrian affiliate the YPG to be a terror organization. The far-left Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) has also carried out terror attacks in Turkey.

Both the PKK and the DHKP-C are designated terror organizations by Turkey the U.S. and the EU. Turkey also proclaims the People’s Protection Units (YPG) a terrorist group.

In the statement Erdogan accused the UN Security Council of failing to properly respond to recent conflicts.

“It is extremely important to reform the Security Council according to the present conditions so that it can become more representative democratic transparent effective and accountable” he said.

The structure of the Security Council which has remained unchanged since 1945 faces criticism because of the dominance of Britain China France Russiaand the U.S. who as permanent members can veto resolutions.

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