Erdogan asked for Putin’s support in northern Syria

ANKARA - Turkey asked for Russia's support and discussed mutual steps in northern Syria, where Ankara has been seeking to carry out a ground operation, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.

"We asked for his (Putin's) support for making mutual decisions and maybe acting together to take steps together here (in northern Syria)," Erdogan told reporters in Ankara, saying that Turkey would not ask for anyone's permission.