Erdoğan lashes out at US over deaths of hostages held by PKK
by Staff and agencies in Ankara from World news | The Guardian on (#5E75F)
President accuses US of backing Kurdish militant group after 13 Turkish people found dead in Iraq
The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoan, has accused the US of supporting Kurdish militants, after Turkish troops found the bodies of 13 Turkish soldiers, police and civilians abducted by Kurdish insurgents in a cave complex in northern Iraq.
Erdoan also took aim at the state department after its initial hesitance to blame the Kurdistan Workers' party (PKK).
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