Erdogan tells Washington: either Turkey or the Kurds

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Turkish media today about the deteriorating confidence between Ankara and Washington, explaining that it is due to the fact that the United States supports the Syrian Kurds. 

Erdogan criticized the first visit by the special envoy of the US President Brett Makkgurka to Cobán – the Syrian city controlled by the Kurdish party Democratic Alliance.

The Turkish President explained that the Democratic Alliance is a terrorist organization. "One of the representatives of the national security sector of the circle of US President Barack Obama paid a visit to Cobán after the Syrian talks in Geneva. And then he received a so-called plaque from a general. How can we trust you after that? Who is your partner? Me, or the terrorists in Cobán?" Tass cites him as saying.