Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during his party's group meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara on Feb 10, 2021. (ADEM ALTAN / AFP)
ANKARA — Türkiye's Foreign Ministry summoned the French ambassador on Monday and voiced "dissatisfaction" with French authorities' attitude toward protests by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in France.
Türkiye expected the French government to "accurately" analyse the violent protests in Paris and called for common sense to prevent the PKK from achieving an "insidious agenda," the semi-official Anadolu Agency quoted anonymous Turkish diplomatic sources as saying.
Türkiye expressed its dissatisfaction with the PKK circles' black propaganda against the country and its use of French government officials
"We expressed our dissatisfaction with the PKK circles' black propaganda against our country and its use of French government officials and some politicians in this propaganda on the pretext of a French attack carried out on Dec. 23 in Paris," added the sources.
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The Turkish Embassy in France has informed relevant French authorities of Türkiye's reaction, said the sources.
Violent street protests broke out on Friday in France after a 69-year-old French gunman, who reportedly identified himself as a racist, opened fire at a Kurdish cultural center in Paris, killing three people.
The violence was perpetrated by PKK supporters who chanted slogans mentioning the group, said the Anadolu report.
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French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti met with PKK member Omer Polat after the protests, Turkish media reported.
The PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the United States and the EU, has been rebelling against the Turkish government for more than three decades.