"The EU has always tolerated the terrorist PKK organization despite designating it as a terrorist group," SIA reports that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated.
"The EU, which has designated PKK as a terrorist organization, has unfortunately always tolerated that the members of this group take shelter in [EU] member states, and has even given its leaders the opportunity to display a show of strength in those countries," Erdogan told Connect the World’s Becky Anderson in an exclusive interview.
The Western countries have always left Turkey alone in its fight against terror, Erdogan said, adding that nonetheless, Turkey will continue its struggle against the PKK "until the end", as the group constituted "the primary terrorist threat" facing Turkey.
Similarly, Turkey will also continue to fight "determinedly" against Daesh, as a part of the international coalition, Erdogan said, calling the terrorist group a "secondary threat" against the country.
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