Turkey vows to continue fight against Kurdish militia after Trump threat

ANKARA: Turkey on Monday pledged to keep battling a US-sponsored Kurdish state army which it sees as a psychological militant gathering after Donald Trump cautioned of monetary obliteration if Ankara assaults Kurdish powers as American troops pull back.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's representative Ibrahim Kalin said on Twitter that there was "no distinction" between the Islamic State fanatic gathering and the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) civilian army.

"We will keep on battling against them all." Turkey's reaction came after Trump on Sunday cautioned on Twitter: "Will obliterate Turkey financially in the event that they hit Kurds." "Mr @realDonaldTrump Terrorists can't be your accomplices and partners. Turkey anticipates that the US should respect our vital association and doesn't need it to be shadowed by fear monger publicity," Kalin said in a tweet to the US president.

Turkey sees the YPG as a "psychological militant branch" of the prohibited Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has been pursuing a rebellion against the Turkish state since 1984.

The PKK is boycotted as a psychological militant association by Ankara, the United States and the European Union. In any case, Washington has been working intently as of late with the YPG, giving military help and preparing, in the battle against IS in Syria.

Kalin said that it was "a deadly oversight to compare Syrian Kurds with the PKK", saying that Turkey battled against fear mongers not Syrian Kurds.

American help to the YPG has been one of the primary wellsprings of pressure among Turkey and the US, however there seemed, by all accounts, to be some enhancement for the issue after Trump said a month ago 2,000 American troops would pull back from Syria.

Ankara respected the pullout choice after Erdogan told Trump in a telephone consider a month ago that Turkey could complete off the last leftovers of IS.

Be that as it may, there has been developing grinding among Turkey and the US over the destiny of the YPG, particularly after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently said Washington would guarantee Turkey would not "butcher" Kurds.

What's more, before a visit to Ankara a week ago, White House National Security counsel John Bolton said the US withdraw was contingent on the wellbeing of the Kurdish warriors, inciting irate answers from Turkish authorities.