Turkish military, FSA take entire control of Afrin city center: Erdogan

[FarCenter]

The units entered Afrin at 8:30 a.m. on March 18, and the Syrian city was under control on the 58th day of the operation, with Turkish and FSA flags raised, Erdoğan said, speaking at the commemoration ceremony of the Gallipoli Campaign during World War One in the northwestern Çanakkale province.

Turkey will immediately take the necessary steps to make sure the residents of the city are able to return to their homes as soon as possible, he said.

“The terror corridor has been broken on four fronts,” the president said, referring to attempts by the People’s Protection Units (YPG) to establish a corridor along the border with Turkey.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-free-syrian-army-take-complete-control-of-afrin-erdogan-128903

[Igel]

1. And by "residents of the city"

he means the rightful residents and rulers of the city, not the people who live there.

They've been committing genocide against the Kurds for many hundreds of years. Since not long after the Turks immigrated to Anatolia and got enough numerical and political strength to keep those who'd already been there for a thousand years or more under submission and backfooted.

I like the framing: "People's Protection Unit." Because Kurds aren't really people. I guess.