Erdogan says Turkey will take necessary steps against Trump's 'disrespectful' letter.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Donald Trump’s recent letter to him broke with “diplomatic and political courtesy.” It emerged on Thursday that he reacted angrily to the letter, throwing it in the bin and commencing the military offensive, which has left dozens of civilians dead and displaced hundreds of thousands.
Trump also told him he could make a “great deal” with General Mazloum Kobani, leader of the People’s Protection Units (YPG), the Kurdish-led militia that is allied with Washington in the fight against Isis. Erdogan said he was offended by the suggestion that he would meet with Gen. Mazloum Kobani.