Erdogan retreats on demand that NATO label YPG a terrorist group

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan approached the just-concluded meeting of NATO heads of state in London with the demand that NATO recognizes the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) as a terrorist organization, although the YPG has provided the leadership for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the Coalition’s main partner against the Islamic State in Syria.

If it did not do so, Erdogan threatened, Turkey would oppose NATO plans for the defense of the Baltic states and Poland. “If our friends at NATO do not recognize as terrorist organizations those we consider terrorist organizations,” Erdogan warned, “we will stand against any step that will be taken here.”

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