ISTANBUL, Turkey, — American Consular in Turkey Francis Ricciardone confirmed in a talk with Turkish journalist that they have closed down Roj-TV, Chatr Press reports.
“Roj- TV has been silenced now, we do whatever we can for Turkey,” said the American consular in Turkey while giving a talk to Turkish journalists.
According to Turkish Huriyet News Francis stated that “We have not anything to do with the Turkey’s cross border attacks, we fight against the PKK’s narcotic smuggling activities, Roj-TV is being muted now; we do whatever we can for Turkey.”
It should be noted that 35 Kurdish civilians were slaughter in a single air-strike of Turkish warplanes on 28th December 2011.
The US president Barak Obama said in statement that this is Turkey’s right to carry out such attacks.
Turkey is the largest importer of American armaments while it does not meet the American merits for arm sale. The American arms have been used in destroying around 4,000 Kurdish villages.