ErdoÄŸan threatens to 'crush the heads' of Kurdish fighters refusing to withdraw

Kurdish forces reveal plans to begin evacuation on Sunday following Turkish president's ceasefire ultimatum

Recep Tayyip ErdoAan, the Turkish president, has said his country would "crush the heads" of Kurdish militants if they did not withdraw from a planned "safe zone" in northern Syria in time.

Speaking at an opening ceremony in the central Turkish province of Kayseri, ErdoAan said he would discuss the deployment of Syrian government forces in the safe zone during talks with Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, next week, but warned Ankara would "implement its own plans" if a solution was not reached.