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Last Updated:May 09, 2025, 12:22 IST
The AIMIM chief is perhaps correct. Turkey Minister Hakan Fidan in December had said that his country will do "whatever it takes" to ensure its security.
Owaisi said that Turkey is the only nation in the world that bombs terrorist organisations on its own land and also neighbouring countries. (PTI file photo)
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, who has been garnering applause for his tough stand against Pakistan, has come out with another befitting reply to the neighbouring country. And this time it includes Turkey, Pakistan’s “brotherly nation" giving it “unwavering support".
Pakistan has flatly denied that the terrorists who killed 26 tourists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22 had links to the neighbouring country. This despite India saying it has clear evidence linking Pakistan-based terrorists to the attack.
Not only Pakistan has failed to take “demonstrable steps" against “terrorist infrastructure on its territory or territory under its control", it escalated tensions by resorting to unprovoked, heavy shelling at LoC and launching missiles and drones from across the border against Indian military bases and civilian areas.
Owaisi, who was earlier seen using expletives against Pakistan, has now questioned Turkey. He claims that Turkey on one hand acts tough against terrorism on its ground, and on the other hand is backing Pakistan that is known to be a global hub of terrorism.
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“…We need to make Turkey understand. It’s the only nation in the world that bombs terrorist organisation, the Kurdish groups, on its own land. Till the time they had not struck a deal with Iraq, it used to bomb terrorist organisations there too. And now it’s also bombing such camps in Syria. So they need to be asked that when they can kill terrorists on foreign land, how can they question India," Owaisi said.
Turkey’s ‘Tough Stand’ Against Terrorism On Its Land
The AIMIM chief is perhaps correct. Turkey Minister Hakan Fidan in December had said that his country will do “whatever it takes" to ensure its security if the new Syrian administration cannot address Ankara’s concerns about Kurdish groups it views as terrorist groups.
Turkey regards the YPG, the militant group spearheading the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants who have fought an insurgency against the Turkish state for 40 years and are deemed terrorists by Ankara, Washington, and the European Union.
In an interview with France 24, Fidan had said Ankara’s preferred option was for the Syrian administration to address the problem in line with its territorial unity, sovereignty, and integrity, adding that the YPG should be disbanded immediately.
“If it doesn’t happen, we have to protect our own national security," he said. When asked if that included military action, Fidan said: “whatever it takes."
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