Turkey threatens Washington with closing Incirlik air base for the US
Ankara may close for Americans airbase Incirlik because of the unfriendly politics of Washington, stated the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mevlut Cavusoglu in an interview with the TV channel A Haber.
He stressed that Ankara expects the United States to "step away from its wrong steps". "We have other trumps in our hands," the minister added.
In April, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy stated that the country intends to discuss with NATO the use of the Incirlik airbase in case the United States and its allies begin military operation in Syria.
The differences between Turkey and the United States arose because the US supported the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), which Turkey considers a terrorists organization with links to the Kurdistan Workers' Party banned in Turkey. Washington insists that the Kurds are fighting the Islamic and continues providing assistance to them.