 አንካራ ደግሞ በአሜሪካ የሚደገፈውን የኩርድ ተዋጊ ሚሊሻ ቡድን እንደ አሸባሪና በቱርክ ከአስር ዓመታት በላይ መሳሪያ ካነሳው የኩርዲስታን ሰራተኞች ፓርቲ (PKK) እንደ አንዱ ተቀፅላ አድርጋ ትቆጥረዋለች።
Ankara regards the PYD as an illegitimate entity that is a direct affiliate of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), an internationally accepted terrorist organization that has been fighting against Turkey for more than three decades in a war that has cost more than 40,000 lives.