"NEWSWEEK INTERVIEWS: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister
Sunday January 30, 10:49 am ET
Mohamed ElBaradei, Director-General of International Atomic Energy Agency
Erdogan: U.S. Has Not Been as 'Sensitive as We Would Have Hoped' Against Kurdish Terror Group PKK; Turks Didn't Have Adequate Protection in Iraq
ElBaradei: Through IAEA, They Have Extensive Picture of Iran's Nuclear Program; A Military Strike Against Iran 'At This Stage Is Unhelpful'
NEW YORK, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan tells Newsweek that part of the reason for the strained U.S./Turkey relations is, 'the fact that the U.S. has not been as sensitive as we would have hoped against [Kurdish terrorist organization] PKK, which is responsible for 40,000 lost lives in Turkey, has created some negative emotions... 'He adds that almost 100 Turkish citizens-most of whom were truckdrivers providing logistical support to U.S. troops, and humanitarian assistance to Iraqis-have lost their lives in Iraq. 'These people provided these services without protection,' Erdogan says. 'As the Turkish people saw their own countrymen lose their lives without adequate protection-that had an effect.'"
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