Erdogan: Anti-American sentiments in Turkey have increased markedly

“Who pays the YPGs? United States. When I talked about it, they were worried. Why are they worrying? They're on their budget list. The US has given them armoured vehicles and weapons,”, Erdogan said in a 9 March speech at the Political Academy.

“What kind of allies are we?” asked Erdogan by referring to the recent talks he had made with US Secretary Rex Tillerson during a meeting in Ankara, reports “Hurriyet”, the Periscopi broadcast.

When I told him all of this, he complained that the Americas are growing in Turkey because you broadcast this kind of information every day. ) Actually, anti-Americanism is growing sharply, even though I have nothing to do with it,” he added.

Erdogan's statements came after a joint Turkish-American committee are continuing discussions in Washington to resolve problems between the two allies. During Tillerson's visit to Turkey on February 15th-16th, it has been agreed that three mechanisms developed between Ankara and Washington could contribute to normalising bilateral ties, resolving the issue in Syria, the Terrorist Organisation Fetullah (FETO) and Iraq.

When asked whether Washington was willing to put pressure on Ankara to stop Africa's offensive, Nauert said it would not be a surprise if this issue appeared in the talks./Periscopi/