,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #aaie  ,,in ,,the ,,house    
,,of ,,representatives  ,october #af1   
#bjbj,ms4 ,gabbard submitted the        
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs 
,,resolution  ,condemning ,turkey's     
attacks on ,united ,states forces and   
allies and ,turkey's continued support  
for terrorist organizations4  ,whereas  
,turkey has been a ,north ,atlantic     
,treaty ,organization 7,,nato7 member   
since #aieb and as such ,turkey is      
obligated to adhere to the principles   
and mission of the ,north ,atlantic     
,treaty2 ,whereas under the nearly      
two-decade long authoritarian rule of   
,recep ,tayyip ,erdoan1 ,turkey has     
eroded that relationship by-- 7#a7      
implementing domestic policies that     
violate the founding principles of      
,,nato to live in peace with all peoples
 and governments1 and safeguard the     
freedom1 common heritage1 and           
civilization of their peoples1 founded  

on the principles of democracy1         
individual liberty1 and the rule of law2
 and  7#b7 taking deliberate hostile    
actions against ,,nato allies as well as
 aggressive actions that threaten       
regional stability1 undermine ,united   
,states security interests1 and risk    
drawing ,,nato into a larger conflict of
 ,turkey's own creation2 ,whereas       
,turkey's use of the ,s-#djj air defense
 system on ,united ,states-made ,f-#af  
fighter jets returning from the ,eunomia
 exercise conducted by ,france1 ,italy1 
,greece1 and ,cyprus in ,august of #bjbj
 was an act of unwarranted aggression on
 a ,,nato ally2 ,whereas1 in ,june      
#bjbj1 the ,turkish ,navy was found to  
be escorting a vessel suspected of      
shipping arms to ,libya in violation of 
an arms embargo and that the ,turkish   
,navy acted to prevent a ,french naval  
vessel from investigating the suspected 
vessel1 prompting a ,,nato              
investigation2 ,whereas ,turkey has     
threatened other allies in ,,nato and   

disregarded international law by sending
 a research vessel and naval ships into 
,greek waters around the island of      
,kastellorizo on an oil exploration     
mission in waters that the ,united      
,nations1 the ,european ,union1 and     
international law maintain are within   
the ,greek ,exclusive ,economic ,zone   
7,,eez72 ,whereas the buildup of        
,turkish tanks in the ,province of      
,erdine on the border between ,greece   
and ,turkey1 and ,turkey's threatening  
rhetoric against ,greece on state-run   
media1 has further increased tensions   
between the ,european ,union and        
,turkey2 ,whereas ,turkey has provided  
indirect and direct military1 economic1 
and political support to known terrorist
 organizations such as the ,islamic     
,state and ,al ,qaeda-linked jihadist   
groups such as ,hay'at ,tahrir al-,sham 
7,,hts7 and the ,free ,syrian ,army     
7,,fsa7 in northern ,syria2 ,whereas1 on
 ,october #aa1 #bjai1 ,turkey           
deliberately attacked ,kurdish forces   

with indirect fire1 with full knowledge 
that ,united ,states special forces were
 co-located with them and that their    
artillery rounds could hit ,united      
,states forces2 ,whereas this attack    
forced the withdrawal of ,united ,states
 troops from their observation post1    
whose exact location was known to the   
,turkish military2 ,whereas ,general    
,mark ,a4 ,milley1 ,chairman of the     
,joint ,chiefs of ,staff1 said that     
because ,turkey knew the exact location 
of ,united ,states troops1 this was a   
deliberate show of force against the    
,united ,states and its ,syrian         
,democratic ,forces 7,,sdf7 partners1 as
 all artillery operated by the ,turkish 
military would have ,united ,states     
locations programmed as ,no ,fire ,areas
 7,n,f,as72 ,whereas former ,american   
envoy for the anti-,,isis coalition     
,brett ,mc,gurk released statements     
supporting ,general ,milley's           
assertions2 ,whereas ,turkey has        
continually undermined the efforts of   

the ,united ,states-supported ,syrian   
,kurds by taking military action against
 them1 including-- 7#a7 heavy artillery 
attacks on ,kurdish ,,sdf in the ,abu   
,rasin region of ,al-,hasakah on        
,september #bc1 #bjai2  7#b7 a          
bombardment of a ,kurdish ,,sdf outpost 
on ,october #h1 #bjai2 and  7#c7 an     
attempted assassination of a ,kurdish   
,,sdf defense official near ,ain        
al-,issa by an armed ,turkish drone in  
,august of #bjbj2 ,whereas continued    
aggression by ,turkey and its proxies   
against the ,,sdf in northern ,syria has
 led to a resurgence of ,,isis and ,al  
,qaeda1 and further destabilization of  
the region2 ,whereas ,turkey has sent   
between #c1ejj and #c1hjj paid ,syrian  
fighters with links to ,al ,qaeda and   
,,isis along with ,turkish soldiers to  
,libya to fight in its civil war1       
undermining the peace and reconciliation
 process there and providing a haven for
 terrorist organizations2 ,whereas      
,turkey has escalated its involvement in

 the conflict between ,azerbaijan and   
,nagorno ,karabakh1 previously offering 
political support for ,azerbaijan's     
position1 but now providing direct      
military support2 ,whereas ,turkey      
maintains a closed border with the      
,republic of ,armenia1 a country with   
friendly relations with the ,united     
,states1 and has repeatedly issued      
threats against the ,republic of        
,armenia1 ,nagorno ,karabakh1 and       
,armenian communities in other parts of 
the world1 at times thinly veiling its  
threats with references to the genocide 
of ,armenians in ,turkey that took place
 in the early #bjth century2 ,whereas   
reports indicate that ,turkey has sent  
,syrian fighters1 many of whom have been
 associated with ,al ,qaeda and ,,isis1 
to fight against the ,armenians of      
,nagorno ,karabakh2 ,whereas it has been
 reported that ,turkey has participated 
in or taken outright control of         
,azerbaijan's air command and military  
offensive against ,nagorno ,karabakh and

 that its ,f-#af fighters have been     
engaged in attacks against both ,nagorno
 ,karabakh and the ,republic of         
,armenia2 ,whereas ,,nato has called for
 the immediate cease-fire to hostilities
 in ,nagorno ,karabakh in response to   
,azerbaijan's military attack on        
,nagorno ,karabakh while ,turkey has    
contradicted ,,nato's position by       
publicly supporting and assisting with  
,azerbaijan's continued military        
aggression2 ,whereas in response to     
,canada's decision to suspend arms      
exports to ,turkey in response to its   
involvement in ,azerbaijan's military   
offensive1 ,turkey cited the ,,nato     
relationship as the reason for its      
disappointment in ,canada's decision1   
associating ,,nato with its actions in  
the ,caucasus2 and ,whereas this        
conflict threatens to draw ,russia into 
the conflict1 as they have a mutual     
defense agreement with ,armenia1        
therefore heightening the possibility of
 ,,nato involvement should ,turkey      

invoke ,article #e of the ,north        
,atlantic ,treaty3 ,now1 therefore1 be  
it ,that the ,house of                  
,representatives-- 7#a7 strongly        
condemns ,turkey's attacks on ,united   
,states forces1 allies1 and partners    
including the ,kurdish ,syrian          
,democratic ,forces2  7#b7 demands the  
end of ,turkey's support of terrorist   
groups such as ,,isis1 ,al ,qaeda1 and  
others2 and  7#c7 calls on the          
,president to work with ,,nato to create
 the necessary process to remove ,turkey
 from ,,nato4