US president-elect Donald Trump knows better than to continue Washington’s backing for Kurdish fighters over supporting the security needs of its NATO ally Turkey, Ankara’s top diplomat said Sunday.
“When we look at it from America’s interests, as a mathematical calculation — whether Turkey or a terrorist organisation like the PKK is more important — Mr. Trump sees the mathematics immediately,” Hakan Fidan told a news conference, referring to US support for Kurdish fighters in Syria that Turkey sees as linked to its outlawed domestic foe, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).