FILE PHOTO: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan holds a press conference with other Arab and EU foreign policy leaders following a meeting discussing developments in Syria after fighters of the ruling Syrian body ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Aqaba, Jordan December 14, 2024. REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni/File Photo
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will do "whatever it takes" to ensure its security if the new Syrian administration cannot address Ankara's concerns about U.S.-allied Kurdish groups it views as terrorist groups, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Saturday.
Turkey regards the YPG, the militant group spearheading the U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants who have fought an insurgency against the Turkish state for 40 years and are deemed terrorists by Ankara, Washington, and the European Union.
