Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, "We have 911 kilometers of border with Syria. What is their [US'] connection with the Syrian border? They have already spent 550 million dollars [to help the YPG], but now they want to increase this figure to three billion. You say that you are fighting against ISIS. And how many ISIS members did you destroy? Those who fought against ISIS are now fighting against Turkey. No one has the right to use ISIS as an excuse. It's time to finish this theater with ISIS, it's time to remove the masks".
Erdogan stated that a decision by the US to continue to fund the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia will affect Turkey's decisions.
Turkish President said, "We are told: 'If we are hit, we will respond.' Those who say this, have never tried an Ottoman fist in their life,".
Erdogan has slammed Washington, saying that as NATO members, Turkey and the US are equal.
Turkish President added,"If you say that the YPG is not a terrorist organization in our opinion if you are attacking a NATO ally, you should stand against it as a member of NATO," adding that the US "wants us to surrender to terrorists."
Earlier this month, Erdogan claimed that US presence in Syria's town of Manbij was aimed against Turkey, Iran and maybe Russia.
