In a lengthy statement regarding the terror-free Türkiye initiative on Sunday, deputy chair of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Semih Yalçın said the U.S.-backed terrorist group YPG in Syria still poses a threat to Türkiye.

Using a well-known Turkish saying that calls for “beating” of those “not listening to the advice,” Yalçın said the YPG would deserve it if it does not comply with a deal it signed with Damascus.

MHP’s leader, Devlet Bahçeli, is credited with proposing the initiative, which involves the disarmament of the PKK, of which the YPG is an offshoot.

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