Presidential Deputy Secretary-General and Spokesman Kalın, answered questions from BBC World related the Afrin operation launched by Turkiye in Syria.

Indicating that PKK's Syrian extend PYD-YPG carried out more than 700 attacks targeted Turkiye in last year, Presidential Spokesman Kalın said: "They targeted Hatay and Kilis, we have many losses. We have warned them many times. Our President expressed this at the meeting with international leaders, the US, Russian, Iranian, and European leaders. We cannot allow this terrorist network to operate at our border, and the people of Afrin want them to be removed from the region."

"This is an operation against the terrorist organization that the US backs against DEASH"

Reminding that Turkiye's Euphrates Shield that purifies 2 thousand square kilometers of space from DAESH in operation, the Presidential Spokesman Kalın said: "He has been raised many questions when it starts operation. How long will it take? What will be the scope? How to prevent civilian casualties? When you look at the Euphrates Shield operation, you will see a successful track record. We cleaned there all DAESH elements. We provide the return of 100 thousand people in the area between al-Bab and Jarabulus. We want to see the same table in the Afrin. The terrorists will be cleared from here. Local people will manage it. We will send humanitarian aid. We will provide security at our borders. This is very important in terms of the territorial integrity of Syria. We will not allow a separatist organization like YPG to gain more territory. The main goal is these. This is definitely not an operation against Kurds or Syria or Afrin. This is an operation against the terrorist organization that the US has supported in Menbij or at other points of Syria in the fight DEASH. We want to eliminate this threat from our borders." (ILKHA)