Turkey on Friday warned that it would not accept this week’s declaration of provisional self-rule by Kurds in Syria.

Turkey on Friday warned that it would not accept this week's declaration of provisional self-rule by Kurds in Syria.

"Turkey cannot permit a fait accompli, there is no question of accepting such a thing in Syria," Turkish President Abdullah Gul said in televised comments in eastern Turkey.

On Monday, a Kurdish armed group dominated by a party close to Turkey's main Kurdish grouping declared provisional self-rule in Syrian areas under their control.

The move raised alarm in Ankara, whose campaign against the rebel Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has left more than 40,000 people dead. It is currently involved in the latest attempt to strike a peace deal with the outlawed group.

The Syrian Kurdish armed group, dominated by a PKK sister party, the Democratic Union Party, hold large chunks of northwestern Syria near the Turkish border.