Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party

Turkey does not currently have a military plan for an assault on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadist group's stronghold of Raqqa in Syria, Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has said.

Turkey's "successful and rapid" cross-border operation into Syria "to clear the border of jihadists has changed the world's view of the region," President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stated, claiming that no longer can any plan in Syria be implemented without Turkish consent. 

Turkey will continue to up the ante if attacks are conducted against it, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said, slamming U.S. State Department Spokesperson Mark Toner for warning Turkey to halt its shelling of PYD targets in northern Syria. 

If Turkey's security is threatened by the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party's (PYD) military wing, the People's Defense Units (YPG), then Ankara will "do what is necessary," Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has stated.