Ecevit: No justifications for sending troops to Iraq

He admitted that US had promised to eliminate PKK in northern Iraq, but added that he did not believe they were capable of such a feat.

Kurdish groups in northern Iraq, who had received significant help from Turkey before the war, were now behaving insolently, claimed Ecevit, and claimed that these groups were encouraged by US attitude.

He also said that the opinion of the Turkish people on the matter was clear.