...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
on Thursday urged La Belle France not to "make the same mistake" as the US by sending troops to the Syrian town of Manbij, which Ankara has threatened to attack to dislodge Kurdish militia.
President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...has said Turkey would expand its offensive against the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia to the town in north Syria.
Turkey’s Yeni Safak daily said that La Belle France had deployed 50 soldiers to Manbij to support the YPG.
Anadolu news agency reported that 100 French special forces were deployed at five bases in YPG-controlled areas of Syria.
According to Erdogan’s front man Ibrahim Kalin, officials were looking into the reports and Turkey will inform Gay Paree of its opposition "if this is found to be true," AFP reported.