While answering the questions of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on the last day of the 13th Ambassadors Conference in Ankara last week, “We have to somehow come to terms with the opposition and the regime in Syria. Otherwise, there will be no lasting peace, we always say that“The words created controversy.
Explaining that he had a quick talk with Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad at the Non-Aligned Meeting held in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, in October 2021, Çavuşoğlu said that he conveyed this thought at that meeting as well. Cavusoglu, “There, I said a little while ago, that the only way out of this country is political reconciliation… Terrorists need to be cleared. Whoever they are, whatever their name is, but on the other hand, we also said that there should be peace between the Syrian opposition and the regime, and that we, as Turkey, can support this in such a situation.He used the phrase “.
While the discussions on Çavuşoğlu’s words continued; Member of AKP Central Decision and Management Board (MKYK) Metin Külünk He also evaluated the statements that talks could be held between the governments of Turkey and Syria.
Speaking to Turan Salcı from Sputnik Turkey, Metin Külünk said, “As a result of Assad’s short-sighted policies for 11 years, a photograph of him that poses a threat to Turkey’s territorial integrity and security appears. Damascus, talking about Syria’s territorial integrity, is also disturbed by this photo.‘ he said.
Külünk also said, “We hope that the relations between Turkey and Syria will return to the way they were before June 2011.” he said.
‘IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A FLOOR ASSISTED BY BAHÇELİ AND YAZICI’
“However, the Western world is happy about this. Turkey bears all the burden, Syria has surrendered to a terrible pain within itself, nearly 10 million citizens have scattered around the world, a devastated country has emerged,” said Külünk.
- Our border was left alone with the threats of the PKK and DAESH. Now it cannot go on like this. Turkey naturally used its rights arising from international law. It prevented attacks on our territorial integrity with cross-border operations to end the terrorist threat from where it started. However, there is one point that terrorist organizations still stand there. Russia is also disturbed by this. It was revealed at the Sochi summit that this threat of Western hegemony extending from Syria to Russia is not possible to live here forever. As a way out of this, it is very important that a diplomatic ground has been established, as supported by Mr. Bahçeli and Mr. Yazıcı.
‘THE EXISTENCE OF TWO STRONG LEADERS IS OUR BIGGEST ASSURANCE’
Claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin and AKP President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are the biggest assurances in this process, Külünk said, “Of course, the existence of two strong leaders of Russia and Turkey is our biggest assurance in this process. Mr. Putin sees that Russia is Turkey’s security actually starts from the Mediterranean, Turkey’s security is of direct concern to Russia. Turkey’s security is also of concern to Iran. Then the countries of the region should cooperate on this issue. Turkey’s strong state structure, Iran and Russia also “Mr. Putin sees where the attack on Turkey and Russia comes from, and who destabilizes Syria,” he said.
‘A PROCESS STARTED WHERE THOSE WHO WANT THIS GEOGRAPHY TO BE TOUCHED’
Saying that there are those who are disturbed by the development of diplomatic relations between Turkey and Syria, Metin Külünk said, “When we look at the Atlantic, FETÖ and the mind behind it, we see very clearly who is disturbed by the fact that diplomatic relations with Syria have reached this point. “The door of a process has opened, in which those who want unity and unity of this geography are satisfied, but those who want this geography to be divided are unhappy. I hope that this process will be instrumental in opening the doors of social, cultural and economic unity between Syria and Iraq in this geography in the future,” he said.
‘THE PROCESS STARTED TOO FAST’
Expressing that the process is developing rapidly, Külünk said:
- The process began to develop very quickly. Our President is a leader who reads time well. The Sochi summit already gave all the clues at this point, and the process started to work very quickly. The point to be careful here is: We must see that there will be leaking elements inside Syria that want to disrupt this equation, and that terrorist organizations that are affiliated with the transatlantic will take serious provocative actions to sabotage this process. We should interpret the developments over the following question; Will the results of this action benefit this geography or not? Because this is a big step. We hope that the relations between Turkey and Syria will go back to before June 2011. Is this possible? It doesn’t seem very likely at the moment. But is it impossible, isn’t it?