Erdoğan: We won't let Sinjar be a PKK terror center

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that they won't let the Iraqi province of Sinjar transform into a terror center, attributing to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist formation in the area.

"PKK terrorists are trying to turn the city into a base, but we won't let that happen," vowed Erdoğan, during his speech in Turkish capital Ankara.

As the Iraqi government supports PKK terrorists; they sweep the PKK terrorist activities under the carpet by camouflaging a PKK bureau under the name of the Culture Committee of Northern Kurdistan.

The Baghdad government is also known to pay salaries to the PKK terrorists that have a bureau in Kirkuk, as well as Sinjar.

Iraq has been supporting PKK terrorists by letting the terrorist organization establish a camp within its borders, while Turkey is fighting against the terrorist organization across Turkey along with Syria and Iraq.

"Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) besieged the Daesh-held Syrian town of al-Bab from the west and have set their sights on Manbij for their next offensive," Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.

Erdoğan added that Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)- affiliated People's Protection Units (YPG) terrorists should immediately withdraw from Manbij.

Erdoğan, who also touched upon Turkey's fight against the coupist Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), said the FETÖ members are still active in the armed forces, judiciary and police, waiting to continue to root them out.

“We are sure of one thing: All of the terrorist organizations, FETÖ, PKK and Daesh, aim to isolate us by creating trouble that we should face,” he stated.

A violent coup bid was witnessed on July 15, mostly in Turkey's cities, when the terrorist group headed by Fetullah Gülen attempted to topple the democratically-elected government.

Turkey's government says the deadly coup plot, which martyred more than 240 people and injured more than 2,000 others, was organized by FETÖ members.

Gülen has been living in self-exile in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States since 1999.

Washington says it is cooperating with Ankara on the matter and asked its NATO ally to have patience, as it processes the extradition request for Gülen to meet U.S. legal requirements.