Turkey have good relations with both china and russia! Syrian governement are slaughtering its own people so it must be removed from power, If you want to defend them if you want war, we are right here! We will stand by the poor and opressed. Russia, China etc doesnt matter for us that much!
I don't buy that! Assad has his supporters and the opposition have their supporters. Who is the West to say that one side is good and one side is bad? How did Iraq turn out? Afghanistan? Libya? Do we see the West supporting the forces of good against the forces of evil or do we see a cynical game of ulterior motives and exploitation of local conflicts to keep non-Western nations down (including the Islamic World)?
Thanks to USA's imperial adventures in the Middle East, Central Asia and East Asia, many nations, including China and Russia, are adamantly opposed to USA meddling in Syria. If USA was not involved in this conflict, then we (i.e. China) could care less about Assad's secular Shia Baath party versus Sunni versus Koptic Christians versus Kurds, etc. And Turkey you can go ahead and do what you want to do.
But the fact remains that Syria is now a battleground for USA versus Iran / Russia, and Turkey should think carefully about destabilizing the region with aggressive moves against Assad, or else a conflict could bring in all these great powers like WW1 was started by a minor separatist movement. I suspect Turkey has its own ambitions like rebuilding the Ottoman Empire by bringing Syria under its wing!
And besides, Turkey had good relations with Assad until recently, even though Syria's internal problems are nothing new. Now you turn around and say he is a children killing monster?
They weren't 'sheltering PKK terrorists' before, but now they are?
What has changed between 2010 and 2012? Nothing, except USA pressure against Iran and Turkish ambition and opportunism!
Done nothing against whom? If you mean syria y are wrong, we are openly arming, training and literally sending FSA rebels into Syria! This is just first step, second will be a no fly zone to protect civilian population+rebels after that more will follown step by step
Syria did same to us used to shelter terrorist pkk, atleast fsa is legitimate from within the people and army deserters!!
Goodwork, continue to support them until liberating some cities so that we can force no fly zone on them!
As above, Turkey should hold back its urge to intervene in Syria. Russia and China will not let the West have its way with Syria. If Turkey blunders into a war bigger than its own ambitions, it will pay a very heavy price.