Erdoğan's top advisor meets foreign mission chiefs to give perspective on Afrin op

ISTANBUL

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s chief adviser on March 5 talked about Turkey’s operation in Afrin to foreign mission chiefs in Istanbul, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

During the event, which was organized by the Daily Sabah newspaper and the Istanbul Consular Corps, Prof. Gülnur Aybet informed consuls general and executives of international companies working in Istanbul about Turkey’s Operation Olive Branch in Afrin, Syria. 

“There have been some distortions in some international media since the beginning of Operation Olive Branch. We need to explain our reasons for the operation better,” Aybet told Anadolu Agency.