Turkey deploys 1,000 police at Greek border to stem push-back of migrants

[Kailash Kumar]

Turkey deploys 1,000 police at Greek border to stem push-back of migrants

MARCH 5, 2020

EDIRNE, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey is deploying 1,000 special police forces along its border with Greece on Thursday to halt the pushback of migrants toward its territory, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said, adding that 164 migrants had been wounded by Greek authorities.

Soylu’s comments come amid a war of words between Ankara and Athens following Turkey’s decision to no longer abide by a 2016 deal with the European Union to halt illegal migration flows to Europe in return for billions of euros in aid.

Since then, thousands of migrants have rushed to the Turkish border with Greece in hopes of crossing into Europe. Ankara has accused Greek authorities of shooting dead and injuring migrants near the border. Athens has rejected this, saying Turkish police were helping migrants cross the border illegally.

Speaking to reporters in the northwestern border province of Edirne, Soylu said Greek police had wounded the scores of migrants trying to cross the border.

“They wounded 164 people. They tried to push 4,900 people back to Turkey,” he said. “We are deploying 1,000 special force police to the border system... to prevent the push-back.”

Turkey, locked in a military conflict with Moscow and Damascus in northwest Syria, hosts 3.6 million Syrian refugees and has said it cannot handle more. It wants the EU to more forcefully back its efforts in Syria and deliver more funds to care for the nearly one million displaced there.

President Tayyip Erdogan met with EU officials on Wednesday to discuss developments in Syria and the migrants flooding the European borders. Erdogan’s spokesman later said “no concrete proposition” on the migrants was made at the talks.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...r-to-stem-push-back-of-migrants-idUSKBN20S12F

 

[Uguduwa]

So the EU has to pay for the mess created by the US, Turkey, GCC, Iran, Russia? I think it's time to close the outer land borders and threaten Turkey with sanctions. If the refugees need to go somewhere it should be US or Russia who are the biggest players.

 

[Politico]

the best provocation is the one you start yourself. Europe can avoid turkish blackmail and panhandling if it nuked one turkish city every hour until turkey accepts all refugees, even the ones that are not from the Syria war with unlimited cost to their economy

You're either trolling, brain dead or a small kid who shouldn't be allowed to use the internet without supervision

So the EU has to pay for the mess created by the US, Turkey, GCC, Iran, Russia? I think it's time to close the outer land borders and threaten Turkey with sanctions. If the refugees need to go somewhere it should be US or Russia who are the biggest players.

How did Turkiye, Iran or the GCC "create the mess"? In all fairness to them, Turkiye and Iran are trying to sort out the mess which landed in their backyards. The GCC had no hand in America's decision to destroy weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

 

[Uguduwa]

How did Turkiye, Iran or the GCC "create the mess"? In all fairness to them, Turkiye and Iran are trying to sort out the mess which landed in their backyards. The GCC had no hand in America's decision to destroy weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

So you have a protest starting in Syria supposedly due to economic misery and then (GCC?) arms protesters to overthrow the government then Iran joins in with its own agenda to support the dictator. Turkey was used as a transit hub for foreign fighters which made the problem worse. None of those countries are innocent.

BTW how did you come to the conclusion that Syria is Iran's backyard? Maybe you ought to look at the world map again to see the distance between Iran and Syria. Iran is there to play its own games. If anything a huge chunk of refugees should go to Iran.

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

So the EU has to pay for the mess created by the US, Turkey, GCC, Iran, Russia? I think it's time to close the outer land borders and threaten Turkey with sanctions. If the refugees need to go somewhere it should be US or Russia who are the biggest players.

Islamophobia seeping into anti-Turkism. I am not surprised, considering your previous anti-Pakistan posts.

How is your honeymoon with fascist India?

So you have a protest starting in Syria supposedly due to economic misery and then (GCC?) arms protesters to overthrow the government then Iran joins in with its own agenda to support the dictator. Turkey was used as a transit hub for foreign fighters which made the problem worse. None of those countries are innocent.

BTW how did you come to the conclusion that Syria is Iran's backyard? Maybe you ought to look at the world map again to see the distance between Iran and Syria. Iran is there to play its own games. If anything a huge chunk of refugees should go to Iran.

Next time get facts before just spitting propaganda of foreign states.

EU countries were funding PKK and sending Daesh fighters to inflict more misery on Syrians, Turkey was needlessly carrying the repercussions.

 

[Politico]

So you have a protest starting in Syria supposedly due to economic misery and then (GCC?) arms protesters to overthrow the government then Iran joins in with its own agenda to support the dictator. Turkey was used as a transit hub for foreign fighters which made the problem worse. None of those countries are innocent.

Protest started in Syria since the USA couldn't invade Syria since Russia made it clear that their troops would be there to back Assad. Not due to economic misery. No evidence of GCC arming the protesters. Many allegations of Turkish, GCC or Israel arming the protesters but nothing proven thus far so that remains a mystery. It could also be CIA airdrops which armed them and we all know that is a strong possibility. Iran joined in to stop the carnage which would have ramifications on them. Turkey started facing the ramifications from day one when terrorists used the broken down controls in Syria to bomb Turkish cities. The main player in this mess sits back and instigates further. I pray that Putin and Erdogan can see sense and reach a resolution at their meeting today

Islamophobia seeping into anti-Turkism. I am not surprised, considering your previous anti-Pakistan posts.

How is your honeymoon with fascist India?



Next time get facts before just spitting propaganda of foreign states.

EU countries were funding PKK and sending Daesh fighters to inflict more misery on Syrians, Turkey was needlessly carrying the repercussions.

Some people just see Muslim lives being lost and they rejoice with utmost glee. Pity that they don't use Google to see the actual suffering of the people of Syria for this war which was forced on them or the actual suffering of the people of Iraq for the war on their "weapons of mass destruction". The pictures are too graphic to post here but it seems that unless they witness first hand the human suffering, all that they regard it to be is "Muslim suffering" which seems to be acceptable to them. Just look at the post of that idiot who called for "one Turkish city to be bombed everyday by the EU" . It just leaves me speechless

 

[damm1t]

You're either trolling, brain dead or a small kid who shouldn't be allowed to use the internet without supervision

He is simply a moron. Better ignore.

So the EU has to pay for the mess created by the US, Turkey, GCC, Iran, Russia? I think it's time to close the outer land borders and threaten Turkey with sanctions. If the refugees need to go somewhere it should be US or Russia who are the biggest players.

Sri Lanka? You are not even European. Even if you born in Europe, you will always be second-third class citizen in Germany due to your roots.. If you lived in Hitler's era, he could gas-room you without blink an eye.

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

Some people just see Muslim lives being lost and they rejoice with utmost glee. Pity that they don't use Google to see the actual suffering of the people of Syria for this war which was forced on them or the actual suffering of the people of Iraq and the war on their "weapons of mass destruction". The pictures are too graphic to post here but it seems that unless they witness first hand the human suffering, all that they regard it to be is "Muslim suffering" which seems to be acceptable to them. Just look at the post of that idiot who called for "one Turkish city to be bombed everyday by the EU" . It just leaves me speechless

Yes. It is not very difficult to get the Syrian views on what is happening to their country. There is no excuse for ignorance.

 

[Uguduwa]

Protest started in Syria since the USA couldn't invade Syria since Russia made it clear that their troops would be there to back Assad. Not due to economic misery. No evidence of GCC arming the protesters. Many allegations of Turkish, GCC or Israel arming the protesters but nothing proven thus far so that remains a mystery. It could also be CIA airdrops which armed them and we all know that is a strong possibility. Iran joined in to stop the carnage which would have ramifications on them. Turkey started facing the ramifications from day one when terrorists used the broken down controls in Syria to bomb Turkish cities. The main player in this mess sits back and instigates further. I pray that Putin and Erdogan can see sense and reach a resolution at their meeting today

Russia joined later if you haven't realised it by now. US back then was under Obama administration and after the Libyan fiasco, Obama had no interest in another foreign intervention but US was absolutely responsible in arming "rebels". It's a mystery for me where the weapons initially came from. In any case refugees should go to Russia, US, Iran, GCC and Turkey and maybe even France. To be honest, even during the "protester" stage, I saw some violent videos of beheading from Syria so I agree that it wasn't so peaceful as they say.

It is widely believed that years of drought and subsequent migration of Sunnis from countryside to cities initiated the protests. Syrian government itself has failed to provide better economic opportunities otherwise people don't violently rebel for no reason.

Sri Lanka? You are not even European. Even if you born in Europe, you will always be second-third class citizen in Germany due to your roots.. If you lived in Hitler's era, he could gas-room you without blink an eye.

According to you? If I study in a good university and have a well-paying job, who are you to tell me third-class citizen when I am better off than the average German? Ask Chinese, Germans, Vietnamese, Polish or whatever, they will tell you that Turkish are among the most toxic people you can come across in Germany for this reason. My university is among the best in Germany and I barely see any 2nd gen Turkish here. All the Turkish people I come across are recent immigrants from Turkey. Just because Turkish people are doing bad here, doesn't mean everyone else is doing bad.

 

[damm1t]

According to you?

According to Germans and Europeans. You can lie yourself as much as you can.

All the Turkish people I come across are recent immigrants from Turkey.

The reason German-Turkish society there because of an agreement of an urgent labor needs of German state back then signed between two states.

States don't ask for immigrants.

Good thing is now Turks run billions of Euros in Germany thus contribute German economy in a high-level.

 

[Uguduwa]

According to Germans and Europeans. You can lie yourself as much as you can.



The reason German-Turkish society there because of an agreement of an urgent labor needs of German state back then signed between two states.

States don't ask for immigrants.

Good thing is now Turks run billions of Euros in Germany thus contribute German economy in a high-level.

I am not lying to myself. I am actually British-Sri Lankan. I don't want to live here permanently but I am not having a bad time at all. Career-wise Germany is a great place to be, at least for now. So whatever that threatens the stability of this country, affects my personal life.

I know this and that's why I said other immigrants are not having a hard time as early Turkish immigrants so they don't have this "us vs them" mentality. Recent Turkish immigrants are also doing fairly well. At least in my city so you don't have a reason to hate the country.

 

[Constantin84]

Basically, the Turkish state is running the world's biggest people smuggling ring right now.

 

[American Pakistani]

So the EU has to pay for the mess created by the US, Turkey, GCC, Iran, Russia? I think it's time to close the outer land borders and threaten Turkey with sanctions. If the refugees need to go somewhere it should be US or Russia who are the biggest players.

LOL EU is responsible for the mess it created for Turkeye. It was EU nations who announced that they will go in Syria even if united states leaves. When they need free oil they wanted to do their dirty stuff but now they don't want refugees which are caused by them. Russia is dirty too but came much later and Turkeye is recent player who has no choice but to go in to save itself by monsters created by western govts like Kurdish terrorists.

So you have a protest starting in Syria supposedly due to economic misery and then (GCC?) arms protesters to overthrow the government then Iran joins in with its own agenda to support the dictator. Turkey was used as a transit hub for foreign fighters which made the problem worse. None of those countries are innocent.

BTW how did you come to the conclusion that Syria is Iran's backyard? Maybe you ought to look at the world map again to see the distance between Iran and Syria. Iran is there to play its own games. If anything a huge chunk of refugees should go to Iran.

You need to stop lecturing or even debating if you have zero knowledge. I quoted news links from neutral sources in the other thread too proving who created the mess.

 

[Uguduwa]

LOL EU is responsible for the mess it created for Turkeye. It was EU nations who announced that they will go in Syria even if united states leaves. When they need free oil they wanted to do their dirty stuff but now they don't want refugees which are caused by them. Russia is dirty too but came much later and Turkeye is recent player who has no choice but to go in to save itself by monsters created by western govts like Kurdish terrorists.

Source that EU nations announced that they will go to Syria? Or are you talking about delusional France being retarded as usual? If it was France then it's not an "EU" decision. If any country should take refugees, it should be the US. It was involved in the beginning and has created a huge mess in their failed adventures in Libya and Iraq. It's from these regions that weapons were funneled into Syria. And also GCC, specifically Saudi Arabia. As far as I can remember Saudi Arabia even wanted to give anti-aircraft weapons to "rebels".

 

[American Pakistani]

Basically, the Turkish state is running the world's biggest people smuggling ring right now.

Same can be said about EU that they are running largest genocide campaign today. Killing people left right and center in middleeast, Africa and else where.