土耳其不仅遭到达伊沙的袭击，而且还遭到库尔德工人党(工人党)恐怖组织的袭击。该组织的总部设在伊拉克的坎迪勒地区。我们一直要求伊拉克政府制止工人党的活动。我们每次得到的答复是伊拉克政府对该国这一地区没有控制。如果伊拉克政府宣称它对其全部领土拥有充分的主权，那么我们就有权指望它防止伊拉克土地被用于对我国领土发动恐怖袭击。但是，达伊沙和工人党继续在伊拉克政府控制以外的地区对土耳其的安全与保障构成重大威胁，我们有权进行自卫。
Turkey has been under attack not only by Daesh but also by the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) terrorist organization. Its headquarters are based in the Qandil region of Iraq. We have been calling on the Iraqi Government to stop the activities of the PKK. Each time, the response we have received has been that the Iraqi Government had no control over that part of the country. If the Iraqi Government claims that it has full sovereignty over all its territory, then it is our right to expect that it will prevent the use of Iraqi soil for terrorist attacks against our own territory. However, both Daesh and the PKK continue to pose significant threats to Turkey’s safety and security from areas beyond the reach of the Iraqi Government, and it is our right to exercise self-defence.