US sent troops to Turkey many times to assist in anti-terror efforts - US staff

The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, has said there have been many times when the US sent teams to Turkey to assist the country in fighting the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Today's Zaman newspaper reports.

In response to a question at a recent Pentagon press conference about cooperation between Turkey and the US, Dempsey said his country had sent troops to Turkey many times before to assist the country in meeting humanitarian needs emanating from the refugee flow, developing a ballistic missile defence system and fighting the PKK.