Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reportedly rejected US President Donald Trump's letter by throwing it in the garbage, the BBC quoted Turkish sources as saying.The October 9 letter was released to the public by the White House on Wednesday, in which Trump wrote to Erdogan, “Don’t be a tough guy” and “Don’t be a fool!”Trump had the letter released to bolster his view that he did not give Turkey a green light to invade Syria. The BBC reported that Turkish presidential sources said the letter was “thoroughly rejected” by Erdogan. console.log("catid body is "+catID);if(catID==120){document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.js'; script.setAttribute('pubname','jpostcom'); script.setAttribute('widgetname','0011r00001lcD1i_12258'); document.getElementsByClassName('divAnyClip')[0].appendChild(script);}else if(catID!=69 && catID!=2){ document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none"; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://static.vidazoo.com/basev/vwpt.js'; script.setAttribute('data-widget-id','60fd6becf6393400049e6535'); document.getElementsByClassName('divVidazoo')[0].appendChild(script); }Trump has come under intense criticism, both at home and abroad, since announcing the withdrawal of US troops from Syria – a move which allowed Turkish forces to enter and begin conducting a campaign against Kurdish forces in the region.“Let’s work out a good deal! You don’t want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people, and I don’t want to be responsible for destroying the Turkish economy – and I will,” Trump wrote in the letter.Turkish presidential sources told the BBC that, “President Erdogan received the letter, thoroughly rejected it and put it in the [garbage].”On the day the letter was received, Turkey responded by launching an offensive against the Syrian Democratic Forces, a rebel group composed primarily of Kurdish YPG fighters.Reuters contributed to this report.