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9 months ago    |   Tags: Syria Turkey Assad Erdogan Israel   |   Notes: 2

Turkish opposition party leader: Israel sole winner in Syria

Over and above the CHP’s opposition on these grounds and the Turkish Communist Party’s opposition to the AKP’s Syria policy, is the fact that over two-thirds of Turks polled last month by a local think tank, oppose Turkish intervention in Syria, while a majority (including the AKP’s own supporters) believe Turkey should play a more neutral role in the Syrian crisis.

Here is the Hurriyet story:

Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized the government’s policy on Syria, saying that only Israelbenefits from the current situation.

This is because a Kurdish state is in the works, Kılıçdaroğlu said. Turkey’s foreign policy has been focused on removing the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power, without asking what will follow it, he said. “Syria is very important for Russia, too. This was discounted as well,” Kılıçdaroğlu said, adding “our foreign policy has become chaotic.” He accused the government of “play[ing] backgammon on behalf of others,” on the Syria issue. “They don’t know what to do next,” he said.

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Erdogan is not a lamb

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10 months ago    |   Tags: Assad Erdogan Imperialism Syria Turkey Zionism farm animals   |   Notes: 3

Is this dude for real? How can anyone read this and not feel nauseous? Earlier he called Syria’s defense of its airspace a “heinous attack” adding “This latest development shows that the Assad regime has become a clear and imminent threat to the security of Turkey…”. Of course, because according to imperialist-Zionist logic, any country which shoots down enemy reconnaissance jets violating its airspace and sovereignty is in fact threatening the security of the offending state which seeks to invade it. Indeed, states which defend themselves from aggressors are “warmongers”:

“We will not fall into the trap of warmongers, but we will not stay silent in the face of an attack made against our plane in international airspace.” Turkey’s “wrath is fierce and intense when it needs to be,” he added.

And then this highly imaginative rant:

“Our rational response should not be perceived as weakness, our mild manners do not mean we are a tame lamb. Everybody should know that Turkey’s wrath is just as strong and devastating as its friendship is valuable.” 

A lamb you are not Erdogan. His words, not mine.

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