Turkey slams EU for 'supporting' Kurdish rebels
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged European Union countries on Saturday to extradite Kurdish rebels to Turkey, saying they were failing to support Turkey's struggle.
"No EU country has extradited members of the PKK to Turkey, despite labeling it as a terrorist organization," Erdogan said.
"We would like to see our friends beside us in this struggle," he said.
Meanwhile, Iraqi officials - including the defense minister - returned home Saturday after talks in Ankara on Friday failed to produce any breakthroughs.
Turkey has demanded the extradition of PKK leaders, and CNN-Turk television, citing unidentified Iraqi officials, said Ankara is seeking a total of 153 PKK members.
On the streets of Irbil, in the Kurdish controlled north of Iraq, residents scoffed at the Turkish proposals, the Associated Press reports.
"No EU country has extradited members of the PKK to Turkey, despite labeling it as a terrorist organization," Erdogan said.
"We would like to see our friends beside us in this struggle," he said.
Meanwhile, Iraqi officials - including the defense minister - returned home Saturday after talks in Ankara on Friday failed to produce any breakthroughs.
Turkey has demanded the extradition of PKK leaders, and CNN-Turk television, citing unidentified Iraqi officials, said Ankara is seeking a total of 153 PKK members.
On the streets of Irbil, in the Kurdish controlled north of Iraq, residents scoffed at the Turkish proposals, the Associated Press reports.
