Turska odavno kritizira nekoliko svojih NATO saveznica jer se ne bore protiv aktivnosti PKK i okrivljuje ih da pripadnicima PKK omogućavaju osnivanje udruženja, pa čak i TV kanala na njihovim teritorijama.
Turkey has long criticized several of its NATO allies for failing to combat PKK activities and blamed them for allowing PKK members to found associations, even TV channels in their territories.