- Erdogan and Theresa May in News Conference

U K ’s May & Turkey’s Erdogan Hold News Conference, Tuesday 15 May 2018 Theresa May addresses the loss of life on the Gaza border and urges Israel “to show restraint“ at a press conference alongside Turkey’s President Erdogan. More: UK’s May uses phrase ’Kurdish terrorism’ during Erdogan visit as Kurds protest in London ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Prime Minister Theresa May of the United Kingdom said Tuesday that her country was a “true friend” of Turkey’s and used the phrase “Kurdish terrorism,” in reference to the Kurds’ decades-long armed campaign against Ankara to secure linguistic, political rights and self-rule. “It is important that in defense of democracy, which has been facing extraordinary pressures from the failed coup, instability across the border from Syria and from Kurdish terrorism, Turkey does not lose sight of the values it is seeking to defend,” May told reporters.