Istanbul bombing: Turkiye 'rejects' US condolences hours before G20 summit

[beijingwalker]

Istanbul bombing: Turkiye 'rejects' US condolences hours before G20 summit​

Published: Nov 14, 2022, 03:33 PM(IST)

Turkiye on Monday (November 14) rejected US condolences offered for the death of six people in a blast in Istanbul. Turkiye has blamed the blast on Kurdish militant group.

Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan often accuses the US of supplying weapons to Kurdish fighters in Syria. The Kurdish fighters have been deemed as 'terrorists' by Turkiye.

"We do not accept the US embassy's message of condolences. We reject it," Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said in televised comments.

Although Turkiye criticises US regularly, the timing of the latest rebuke has raised eyebrows as it was made just hours before G20 summit was to start in Bali, Indonesia. Erdogan and US President Joe Biden have already reached at the venue.

Erdogan has previously called the bombing a "vile attack" that had the "smell of terror".

A nine-year old girl and her father, as well as a 15-year-old girl and her mother were among those killed in the attack.

Istanbul police said Monday that 46 people had been detained in total.

Erdogan's government accused the PKK of carrying out the explosion shortly before the president landed in the Indonesian resort island of Bali for the G20 summit.

Police footage shared with Turkish media showed a young woman in a purple sweatshirt being apprehended in an Istanbul flat.

Istanbul bombing: Turkiye 'rejects' US condolences hours before G20 summit

Turkiye on Monday (November 14) rejected US condolences offered for the death of six people in a blast in Istanbul. Turkiye has blamed the blast on Kurdish militant group. Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan often accuses the US of supplying weapons to Kurdish fighters in Syria. The Kurdish...

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[REhorror]

Great, pushing Turkey to the eastern side.

 

[Menthol]

When the world's police become terrorists, criminals.

Who is going to be a policeman for this misbehaving world's police?

 

[beijingwalker]

Isn't Turkey supposed to be an US ally ?

 

[Beidou2020]

Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Belarus, Central Asian countries, and now Turkey.

Americans are doing a mighty fine job of uniting the non-West one by one.

 

[Genghis khan1]

Isn't Turkey supposed to be an US ally ?

Turks seems confused. One side they are buying S-400 while getting kicked out of F-35 program. On the other side they are supply weapons to Ukraine to keep Uncle Sam happy. Then they are also blaming US for supporting Anti-Turkey groups and militants.

 

[ARMalik]

Unlike the smelly Monkeys sitting in GHQ, Turkey has backbone, integrity and willingness to protect its interests and interests of it people.

 

[Foinikas]

Rejects condolences,accepts F-16s

 

[Dalit]

Rejects condolences,accepts F-16s

One should call a spade a spade. The US supports PKK elements fighting in neighboring countries of Turkey.

 

[Foinikas]

One should call a spade a spade. The US supports PKK elements fighting in neighboring countries of Turkey.

But on the other hand,please give us F-16Vs,right?

 

[Dalit]

But on the other hand,please give us F-16Vs,right?

So, you admit that the Americans support PKK?

 

[Foinikas]

So, you admit that the Americans support PKK?

Americans themselves admitted numerous times they support Kurds!

Not the PKK,but they clearly have supported and do support YPG in Syria and Peshmerga in Iraq.

 

[Dalit]

Americans themselves admitted numerous times they support Kurds!

Not the PKK,but they clearly have supported and do support YPG in Syria and Peshmerga in Iraq.

They support the PKK. This is a known fact. When the Turkish forces attack PKK elements the US and her Western allies throw tantrums. PKK is a disposable tissue paper of the US.

 

[Foinikas]

They support the PKK. This is a known fact.

Maybe they do,it's a probability. How is it a "known fact" though?

 

[jhungary]

I actually am curious, how do you "reject" a condolence??

Like talking on a phone and say, "Stop Pretending blah,,,," or is it a letter saying, "Your Condolence is Rejected?"