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Syria’s ‘glorious resistance’ will succeed: Turkish PM

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Syria’s ‘glorious resistance’ will succeed: Turkish PM

In yet another show of support for the opponents of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he believes the opposition will be successful in their “glorious” resistance to the ongoing government crackdown.

Speaking during his Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) parliamentary group meeting on Tuesday, Erdoğan continued his severe criticisms of the Syrian administration. “We had a friendship that began nine years ago but Syria failed to appreciate this. They [Syrian rulers] did not pay heed to our warnings. … But we cannot remain silent in the face of this process. We will continue to display the necessary stance. I believe that the Syrian people will be successful in their glorious resistance,” he said.

Turkey, once a close ally of the Syrian president, has gradually toughened its criticism of the Syrian regime for its brutal crackdown on anti-regime protests. Last month, Erdoğan slammed Assad, suggesting that Syria would be the next country on the Arab Spring list and that Assad would eventually be ousted by his own people.

“Those who repress their own people in Syria will not survive. The time of autocracies is over. Totalitarian regimes are disappearing. The rule of the people is coming,” Erdoğan also said in September in Libya while addressing the Libyan people.

Assad has shrugged off broad international condemnation and calls for him to step down, insisting that armed gangs and thugs are behind the violence, not true reform-seekers.

The Turkish prime minister has reiterated on many occasions that what happens in Syria is an “internal affair” for Turkey, not an issue of foreign policy, given the 850-kilometer-long border between the two countries and deep cultural and historical ties.

On Tuesday Erdoğan also voiced his belief that the Syrians who have been killed by pro-Assad forces are martyrs.

“The killing of one person is like the killing of all humanity, but unfortunately there is an administration [in Syria] that massacres and kills people, making them martyrs. This is an administration that relies on force. This is not an administration which depends on the nation’s will,” he said.

At the same meeting, the prime minister also praised Turkey for showing an example of solidarity for the entire world to see in the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that hit eastern province of Van on Oct. 23, killing more than 600 people.

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Everywhere I look in the Middle East these days, Turkey somehow involves itself. Erdogan needs to take a chill pill.
 
Has nt the syrian issue amicably solved.

Why Turkey still have issues?

Seems NATO is adamant on attacking Syria like Libya, Egypt.:disagree:
 
Everywhere I look in the Middle East these days, Turkey somehow involves itself. Erdogan needs to take a chill pill.

If the agreement is not implemented will Qatar send forces like it did in Libya along with UAE?

Qatar and UAE again working like they did in Libya's case. But this time will Turkey join Qatar and UAE?
 
If the agreement is not implemented will Qatar send forces like it did in Libya along with UAE?

Qatar and UAE again working like they did in Libya's case. But this time will Turkey join Qatar and UAE?
Without help from NATO, Qatar and UAE will get their pipes cleaned by Syria.
 
The Syrian people will be freed from their abusive government soon. It is only a matter of waiting before Assad and his supporters are hanging.
 
yesterday i heard news that the peace agreement is signed .... arab league was involved in it ... what happened to that?
 

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