Turkey 'displeased' with US support for Kurds
BEIRUT -- Turkey's deputy prime minister says his country is "displeased" with the support the United States provides Syrian Kurdish fighters who are linked to Turkey's Kurdish rebels.
Numan Kurtulmus also said Thursday that Ankara hopes that the new US president will keep his or her distance from the militia and strive to maintain good ties with NATO ally Turkey.
Kurtulmus told reporters: "whoever comes next to the US presidency" understands the importance of maintaining ties with "a key regional country like Turkey and not an armed terrorist organization with a few thousand militants."
