Turkey has 'duty' to defeat Islamic State in Syria, President Erdogan says

Turkey has a "binding duty" to defeat the Islamic State in neighboring Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an address Sunday.

In a televised message, Erdogan said it's necessary to "render it unable to carry out activities in Turkey."

Last month, Turkey launched an offensive to remove the Islamic State from Syria's northern border region. He called that a "first step" in the fight against the Islamic State, which he calls Daesh.

He also said Turkey would defeated the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party, or PKK, and the Feto group of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen.

He said the Feto group was behind the July 15 attempted coup and the PKK/Democratic Union Party in Syria would be stopped like the PKK in Turkey.

"We are determined to wipe out the PKK trouble from Turkey together with our security forces," he said. "Just like FETO, the PKK stands no change against our sagacious people and the power of our state."...
 [upi.com]
11/9/16