Communist and workers' parties around the world protested Turkey's military presence in Syria, and call for the immediate termination of these military operations

Communist and workers' parties around the world, including Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), protested Turkey's military presence in Syria, and call for the immediate termination of these military operations, by a joint declaration.

"Under the leadership of Erdoğan, Turkey has provided political and material support to terrorist groups in Syria, and has been an accomplice to all massacres perpetrated and humanitarian/economic devastation inflicted upon this country since the very beginning of the imperialist intervention. Yet today, in defiance of all international agreements and rules, Turkey is carrying out military operations in Syria under the pretext of 'counterterrorism'," more than 30 parties said in the declaration.

"We, the undersigned communist and workers' parties, hereby protest Turkey's military presence in Syria, and call for the immediate termination of these military operations," it added.

In October, the Turkish Armed Forces said that Turkish military units had crossed the border into Syria's Idlib province. Turkish forces were escorted by al-Qaida-linked militants to Darat al-Ezzah area. The deployment of the Turkish troops has been criticised by the Syria, demanding Turkey's withdrawal from Idlib.

"Erdoğan's foreign policy manoeuvres, which solely aim to maintain his personal status and to satisfy the emerging pursuits of Turkish capitalist class, do not serve to the interests of the toiling masses of Turkey or the region by any means. As the undersigned communist and workers' parties, just as we do not sympathize with the pressure and blackmailing exercised by the U.S. and other NATO countries against Erdoğan and oppose to any 'color revolution' attempt to be staged in Turkey, we neither accept to label the reactionary and anti-people policies pursued by Turkish government as something positive or even anti-imperialist," the declaration underlined.

"The workers will have the final word in Turkey, in Syria and all around the world. As the communist and workers' parties, we stand by this word and we will do everything in our power to strengthen it," it added.