Turkey’s Erdogan vows to ‘crush the heads’ of Kurdish forces if no pullout

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Kurdish forces of dire consequences if they failed to withdraw from the proposed safe zone under a US-brokered deal.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned that Turkey would “crush the heads” of Kurdish forces if they did not withdraw from a proposed safe zone along the border under a US-brokered deal.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has asked the Kurdish forces to withdraw from the proposed safe zone. (Reuters photo)

If the pullout does not happen by Tuesday evening, “we will start where we left off and continue to crush the terrorists’ heads,” Erdogan said in a televised speech.