Turkey not far away from war: Erdoğan

[Su]

Are you pro or anti-war with our neighbour Syria?

Turkey is not seeking a war, but must be prepared for war if it wants peace since it is not far away from a conflict, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Oct. 5 following a killer shelling from Syria hit the country.

“We are not war-lovers, but we are not far from war either,” Erdoğan said, speaking at an event in Istanbul. “The saying goes: ‘prepare for war if you wish for peace.’ So war becomes the key for peace.”
The Turkish Parliament voted in favor of a motion which gave green light to the government to stage cross-border raids on Syria after the Oct. 3 shelling from there killed five Turkish citizens. “I am calling once more on the al-Assad regime and its supporters: Don’t dare to test Turkey’s patience,” Erdoğan said, adding that testing Turkey’s capacity for deterrence would be “a fatal mistake.”


“We are not bluffing and we will follow this incident closely. God willing, the Syrian people would soon be saved from this cruelty and governed by an administration that guarantees the rights of all parties.”
The Turkish government has signaled it intends to use the parliamentary mandate as a trump card to deter the Syrian regime.

“Turkey is not a country eager for war, or which wants war. We are always for peace. This should not be considered a motion of war. Turkey is at the same time a great country capable of protecting its own rights, the rights of its own citizens and its borders,” Deputy Prime Minister Beşir Atalay said. “This motion is an instrument and an opportunity in regards to both deterrence and being prepared for probable developments.”

Speaking to reporters in Malatya on Oct. 5, Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek touched on objections that have been raised to Parliament’s approval of the government’s motion. “God willing, there will be no need to fulfill the requirements of that motion. The Syrian administration and its supporters are already a powder keg,” Çiçek was quoted as saying by Anatolia news agency. “Turkey’s deterrent power has been put forth. There was a need for this,” Mehmet Şandır, the deputy chair of the Nationalist Movement Party’s (MHP) parliamentary group, which supported the motion, said in Ankara. If the motion had been passed only with votes from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), its message would be weak, Şandır said.

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[StonyArabia]

Assad has to fall.

[Kemalisté]

Send your sons to the front first, Erdogan.

[Anatolian Eagle]

Although I've been supportive for recent strikes due to their mortar attacks to Akçakale in Urfa and shutting down a jet, overall I'm against it. Our involvement was still wrong from the very beginning, this is clearly not our war. We should've supported neither FSA bandits or Assad, or even accept Syrian refugees. A direct involvement would even lead to WWIII, this is different from Libya. Fuck you Erdoğan. Go join FSA yourself.

[Hurrem sultana]

Send your sons to the front first, Erdogan.

Does he have sons in the age for it?

[Cannabis Sativa]

Assad has to fall.

This crap went so far. A buffer zone should be established for refugees. You can't repatriate them without establishing this buffer zone. If you send refugees back to their homes without any cautions Assad may slay them as cattles and this may cost to Turkey. There is a regime which is supported by a lunatic Iranians over there. Note that, without Assad regime Iran will no longer be influent in the region. Iran is aware of war, because they know they cannot intervene in a Syria with pretty harsh situations.

[StonyArabia]

This crap went so far. A buffer zone should be established for refugees. You can't repatriate them without establishing this buffer zone. If you send refugees back to their homes without any cautions Assad may slay them as cattles and this may cost to Turkey. There is a regime which is supported by a lunatic Iranians over there. Note that, without Assad regime Iran will no longer be influent in the region. Iran is aware of war, because they know they cannot intervene in a Syria with pretty harsh situations.

Of course, the reason Assad lasted long is because of Iranian support mostly, and help form Hezbollah, and as well Russian backing. Without these, Assad would have been topped a long time ago. Since his government saw defection. Syria is an arm to Iranian influence in the region, but this shift occurred, once the American toppled the former regime in Iraq, and established a Shia Islamist government that has become more and more into Iran's arm. The only way to end and weaken this, is by removing Assad. Iran does not want to loose influence in Syria if they do, their influence on the Mideast would end and they would be pushed back. Iranian, Russian, and Chinese flags were burned. Turkish flags were risen. Turkey should just invade and remove the Assad government. However the U.S is trying to do a balance of power that it shifted after 2004.The Assad regime will topple or the civil war will continue for years to come. The Assadites have lost all support from the locals, and more and more communities are being against them.

[askra]

I will not care if is Turkey to attack first Syria, but a military intervention endorsed by UN to overthrow the Assad's regime is necessary to stop the war crimes in act, but I do not think will happen because there isn't too much oil in Syria, in addition China and Russia, permanent members of the UN, are against due to the economic relations that have with Syria.

[Mraz]

I think Turkey should just shoot back each time a bomb falls on its teritory, coming from Syrian army or the terrorist side. A war would be stupid for some target mistakes.

[el22]

If war means enrolling Onur, then so be it.