Turkey's Erdogan warns patience will run out on Syria

[T-72M1]

Turkey's patience may run out over the crisis in Syria and it could be forced to take action, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, calling on the United Nations to do more to prevent what he said was "ethnic cleansing" in the country.

Erdogan accused the United Nations of insincerity in calling on Turkey to do more to help Syrian refugees instead of taking action to prevent the bloodshed in its southern neighbor.

Russian war planes have been bombing around the Syrian city of Aleppo in support of a Syrian government offensive to recapture the city, sending tens of thousands of people fleeing to the Turkish border.

"There is a chance the new wave of refugees will reach 600,000 if air strikes continue. We are making preparations for it," Erdogan said in a speech to a business forum in Ankara.

"We will show patience up to a point and then we'll do what's necessary. Our buses and planes are not waiting there in vain," he said, adding that Turkey had information that Iran-backed forces in Syria were carrying out "merciless massacres".

Turkey, already home to more than 2.6 million Syrian refugees, has long pushed for the creation of a safe zone in northern Syria to protect displaced civilians without bringing them over the border into Turkey.

The proposal has so far gained little traction with Washington or NATO allies who fear it would require an internationally patrolled no-fly zone which could put them in direct confrontation with Assad and his allies.

Erdogan said the Syrian crisis could not be resolved without safe zones, and said that ways of keeping Syrians in their country needed to be sought.

He also said he had previously told the European Union's two top officials, Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk, that the time could come when Turkey would open the gates for migrants to travel to Europe.


"In the past we have stopped people at the gates to Europe, in Edirne we stopped their buses. This happens once or twice, and then we'll open the gates and wish them a safe journey, that's what I said," he said on Thursday.

A Greek news website said on Monday that Erdogan, in a meeting in November with Juncker and Tusk, had threatened to flood Europe with migrants if EU leaders did not offer a better deal to help Turkey manage the refugee crisis.

Turkey's Erdogan warns patience will run out on Syria| Reuters


lol, threatening to flood Europe with migrants if they don't help the jihad in Syria ?

 

[Steve781]

Turkey's patience may run out over the crisis in Syria and it could be forced to take action, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, calling on the United Nations to do more to prevent what he said was "ethnic cleansing" in the country.

Erdogan accused the United Nations of insincerity in calling on Turkey to do more to help Syrian refugees instead of taking action to prevent the bloodshed in its southern neighbor.

Russian war planes have been bombing around the Syrian city of Aleppo in support of a Syrian government offensive to recapture the city, sending tens of thousands of people fleeing to the Turkish border.

"There is a chance the new wave of refugees will reach 600,000 if air strikes continue. We are making preparations for it," Erdogan said in a speech to a business forum in Ankara.

"We will show patience up to a point and then we'll do what's necessary. Our buses and planes are not waiting there in vain," he said, adding that Turkey had information that Iran-backed forces in Syria were carrying out "merciless massacres".

Turkey, already home to more than 2.6 million Syrian refugees, has long pushed for the creation of a safe zone in northern Syria to protect displaced civilians without bringing them over the border into Turkey.

The proposal has so far gained little traction with Washington or NATO allies who fear it would require an internationally patrolled no-fly zone which could put them in direct confrontation with Assad and his allies.

Erdogan said the Syrian crisis could not be resolved without safe zones, and said that ways of keeping Syrians in their country needed to be sought.

He also said he had previously told the European Union's two top officials, Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk, that the time could come when Turkey would open the gates for migrants to travel to Europe.


"In the past we have stopped people at the gates to Europe, in Edirne we stopped their buses. This happens once or twice, and then we'll open the gates and wish them a safe journey, that's what I said," he said on Thursday.

A Greek news website said on Monday that Erdogan, in a meeting in November with Juncker and Tusk, had threatened to flood Europe with migrants if EU leaders did not offer a better deal to help Turkey manage the refugee crisis.

Turkey's Erdogan warns patience will run out on Syria| Reuters


lol, threatening to flood Europe with migrants if they don't help the jihad in Syria ?

Erdogan is like a mafia boss who warns his neighbour "I hope nothing happens to your nice new car"

 

[Baloch Pakistani]

Why he's not seeing the ethnic cleansing and mass murdering in Yemen? Yes bcz he is close to salafists. Both are ethnic cleansings but he is blind from one eye.

 

[tesla]

Why he's not seeing the ethnic cleansing and mass murdering in Yemen? Yes bcz he is close to salafists. Both are ethnic cleansings but he is blind from one eye.

there is no related salafists of this . usa and russia armed pkk-pyd against turkey .and destabilize turkey via migrants expecting 1 million migrant will come to turkey ask yourself why usa and russia cooperating against turkey the answer is clear

 

[LeGenD]

Turkish leadership have a principled stand on the issue of Syria. He also have courage to stand up to those who are supporting tyrants in the region.

there is no related salafists of this . usa and russia armed pkk-pyd against turkey .and destabilize turkey via migrants expecting 1 million migrant will come to turkey ask yourself why usa and russia cooperating against turkey the answer is clear

My friend, US is not conspiring with Russia against Turkey.

Biggest problems in the regional conflicts are Bashar al-Assad and ISIS at the moment. Something should be done about them.

 

[Baloch Pakistani]

there is no related salafists of this . usa and russia armed pkk-pyd against turkey .and destabilize turkey via migrants expecting 1 million migrant will come to turkey ask yourself why usa and russia cooperating against turkey the answer is clear

I know that turkey has problems with kurds and usa/russia is supporting them and i also know that turkey will absolutely defend itself from them.

My point was different. I was talking about the comment he made about the sunni ethnic cleansing in aleppo, so thats why i replied that he see only aleppo ethnic cleansing but he does not talk about the ethnic cleaning in yemen and thats why i called him "blind from one eye". Both are ethnic cleansings and both are mass mass murder cases and he should also recognize the yemen ethnic cleansing too, bcz they are muslims too.

That's what i was trying to say. Islamic leader should talk for all the muslims, not just for sunni or Shiites or zaidis.

Turkish leadership have a principled stand on the issue of Syria. He also have courage to stand up to those who are supporting tyrants in the region.


My friend, US is not conspiring with Russia against Turkey.

Biggest problems in the regional conflicts are Bashar al-Assad and ISIS at the moment. Something should be done about them.

You are right. Democratic Arab is the best solution.

 

[jetray]

Erdogan is like a mafia boss who warns his neighbour "I hope nothing happens to your nice new car"

its just replay of 1989 pakistan adventure in afghanistan. Ergodan is simply saying that they are losing foothold/proxy in syria.

 

[asena_great]

lol, threatening to flood Europe with migrants if they don't help the jihad in Syria ?

no he threatens to shot down more ruski jets if they continue the bombing

 

[Uhuhu]

there is no related salafists of this . usa and russia armed pkk-pyd against turkey .and destabilize turkey via migrants expecting 1 million migrant will come to turkey ask yourself why usa and russia cooperating against turkey the answer is clear

The answer is ignorance of erdogan and supporting terrorists like alqaeda,ISIS to destabilize syria and change the regime of syria. confronting Russians and target their bomber by trusting and hiding behind NATO and US. and now complaining why US is supporting kurds. if you were not aware, we all were aware that what is US and west plan for the middle east and they are gonna make new countries in the region. so thanks to erdogan the plan is going well and it will makes troubles for all countries in the region and the first place is turkey.
previous prime ministers of turkey and leaders of opposition parties in turkey all knew it, the only one who didnt know and still doesn't understand it is erdogan.

 

[Q_W_Q]

Why he's not seeing the ethnic cleansing and mass murdering in Yemen? Yes bcz he is close to salafists. Both are ethnic cleansings but he is blind from one eye.

-There is no ethnic cleansing in yemen because both sides are arabs
-many zaidis dont support Houthi terrorists
-I never knew there is shia bolaches?if you are not why are you making iranian propaganda every where
-Erdogan is not close to salafists because he is sufi

 

[Ceri]

The answer is ignorance of erdogan and supporting terrorists like alqaeda,ISIS to destabilize syria and change the regime of syria. confronting Russians and target their bomber by trusting and hiding behind NATO and US. and now complaining why US is supporting kurds. if you were not aware, we all were aware that what is US and west plan for the middle east and they are gonna make new countries in the region. so thanks to erdogan the plan is going well and it will makes troubles for all countries in the region and the first place is turkey.
previous prime ministers of turkey and leaders of opposition parties in turkey all knew it, the only one who didnt know and still doesn't understand it is erdogan.

Will you, as a Pakistani who has never left your country and who knows next to nothing about Turkish politics,history, foreign policy, turkish language, enlighten us ignorant fools further on Turkish foreign policy. Your illumination will surely open our ignorant eyes

 

[Taygibay]

Barking that bear away may prove tougher than with the mailman!
Oh! And, ethnic cleansing? No one else caught the irony? Priceless!

Thanks Tayyip, you made my day, Tay.

 

[Max]

I feel sad for erdogan that now he have to issue this kind of desperate statements. why he did not calculated when he entered in this mess. and for those who are comparing it with Pakistan's soviet advanture, Pakistan didnt whine like him, our proxies killed more then 20000 russian and free all "stan" of central asia and ruled Afghanistan in 90's till US invasion despite same or more powerful soviets as enemy. What the whining ordogan did? Just kill 2 pilots? Does not dare to touch Russian bases with proxies, Latest development is US does not recognize kurdish militant group as terrorist, is that what Pakistan achived in 80's? We started our nuclear program which we completed under US and western nose and they were not able to talk shit, Zia was 100000 times better then this much hyped mini sultan.

 

[Ceri]

It is nice seeing Pakistanis insulting my country. Keep 'em coming dudes, you are associating yourself with genocidal maniacs while my country hosts 3 million war refugees, excarcebated by your beloved Russia.
You are in some dire basic fact checks before uttering nonsense.

1: Turkey did not start the Syrian conflict. Nationwide uprisings during Arab Spring --> heavy crackdown on protests by Assad --> Assad government gassing, bombing, slaughtering hundreds of thousands of Syrians
2: Syria is a dictatorship. 80 percent of the population is Sunni, yet Assad an alawi has held to power for 16 years after his Father Assad. People's grievances are real, no food, no clean water, no education, no government looking after its populace outside of central Damascus.
3: The internal problems due to incompetency, illegitimacy and other grievances has erupted in Civil War. The external factors, are secondary. This includes Iran, Russia, USA, Turkey etc.

You Pakistanis should first learn to develop your own nation before pointing fingers at my country's leadership. Keep your idiotic comments for yourself

 

[Taygibay]

Your country's fine, Ceri! Your present leadership on the other hand ...

Sorry, sincere opinion from Gezi to that atavistic palace to this news,
Tay.