Our sole aim is to ensure peace, tranquility, stability throughout region: Turkish President Erdogan

By Merve Berker

Türkiye’s sole aim is to ensure peace, tranquility, and stability throughout its region, starting with Syria, the Turkish president said on Wednesday.

Speaking at a meeting of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: “We're delighted whenever we see the free Syrian flag alongside our own crescent and star flag in (the Syrian cities of) Aleppo, Damascus, Hama, Homs, Daraa, and Manbij.”

“We will eliminate the terrorist organization (PKK) as it tries to build a wall of blood between us and our Kurdish sisters and brothers,” he added, referring to a terrorist group, present in both Syria and Iraq, whose decades-long campaign against Türkiye has killed some 40,000 people.