Turkey’s foreign ministry summoned on Monday US ambassador in Ankara, following Washington's statement on the killing of 13 kidnapped Turks by Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, Reuters reported.
Turkey, the United States, the European Union and a number of other countries have classified the Kurdistan Workers' Party “PKK” as a terrorist" organization.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today, Monday, that Washington should stop backing Kurdish "terrorists", and accused the United States of supporting the Kurdish militants who killed Turkish forces in Iraq."