still believes in trump and in many ways the see the only way out of in trying to crisis is by having a one to one conversation a meeting with the american president and pushing him to deliver on his words and what do you think the. delayed and the nell stop aeration against the y p g last month after trump said that the u.s. is going to pull out of syria i mean is he likely to attack now even if u.s. troops would be in the firing line would he risk for. well that is really the big question turkey continues to build up as reinforcements along the border they say it s only a matter of time it s the time in choosing when we will strike but it still remains unclear whether turkey would risk the possible clash with u.s. forces on the ground we understand from behind the scenes senior turkish generals are very unhappy that possibility even the timing of having in winter is also not welcome move but having said that there is a very committed in saying that he will remove this security threat
a very powerful threat did send shock waves into on crime which is the reason why we saw a much more restrained reaction and other than the other factor is that turkey is aware that can deliver on this threat last year. hit turkey with some very miniscule very weak sanctions but it prompted a forty percent collapse in the turkish currency although it has recovered some of that but they forgot about currencies that turkey is now heading into recession turkey doesn t want to have another economic fight with washington and you know there were reports that president arafat was said that he had a personal promise from the u.s. president that u.s. troops would be leaving syria and since then that narrative has changed like the wind what is the feeling i mean when when turkey wants to know the u.s. position on syria on the kurds who does it talk to that listen to the u.s.
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troops of the u.s. s fault alongside a kurdish militia in northern syria against a so-called islamic state turkey s foreign minister criticized trump today for addressing turkey via social media. he s been quote we have said several times that we re not going to be intimidated by any threat will not bow down to it . nothing can be achieved by threatening turkey economically and we have to decide how to coordinate the solution of this issue regardless of whatever it takes. is do not speak to the allies through twitter or through social media we have to continue to discuss these issues between is. our correspondent dorian jones he joins us tonight from istanbul good evening to you dorian we know we have heard that both presidents trump spoke on the fold tonight did anything come out of that conversation that we know. the readouts from the
conversation and it does appear the language is far more considerate tree than the tweet the president issued earlier in the day quoting the turkish readout trump knowledge turkey security concerns pledge to work together to address them there was talk about the creation creating of a buffer zone a safety zone along the syrian balled up with wooden short turkey safety crucially whether if it was in the united states read out there was his commitment by president trump to the protection of syrian kurds and forces that have been fighting in the war against islamic state and for turkey that is a complete anathema they see these groups as terrorists and in many ways the differences between the two sides are still remain extremely divided even the language is a lot more warmer than it was earlier in the day you know i mean it s a big change in temperature in just twenty four hours trump threatening to