Turkey calls for ouster of us envoy in charge of countering is
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Washington and Ankara are bitterly at odds over US support for the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in Syria, a faction that Turkey considers a front for banned Kurdistan
Workers' Party (PKK) separatists. Turkey called today for the ouster of the US diplomat who coordinates the international coalition fighting against the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq
and Syria, accusing him of backing Syrian Kurdish militia. Washington and Ankara are bitterly at odds over US support for the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in Syria, a
faction that Turkey considers a front for banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) separatists. "Brett McGurk is definitely giving support to PKK and YPG. It would be useful if this
person was replaced," Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told the private NTV television. (This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an
agency feed.)