Turkey's Erdogan defends Syria incursion after wave of criticism

President Tayyip Erdogan defended Turkey's incursion into Syria on Thursday after a wave of international criticism, saying the military operation would support Syria's territorial integrity by confronting Kurdish control of the country's northeast.

"They are not honest, they just make up words," Erdogan said of Turkey's critics, singling out Saudi Arabia and Egypt. "We, however, create action and that is our difference," he told members of his AK Party in Ankara.