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2011-06-09 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

PM: Turkey Will not Close Doors to Syrian Refugees

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Posted by Fred 2011-06-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 I don't really know Erdogan or Turkey very well. What are the chances of him talking himself into intervening in support of the Syrian population against their Baathist-Alawite tormenters? I mean, he's some sort of milquetoast Islamist, I'm just not sure how seriously the AKP takes its orthodoxy.

Obviously, the current Turks-in-charge are generally loathe to get their hands dirty, or to get involved in their neighbors' bloodbaths - if they did, that might raise the popularity of the military, and might even give the generals Ideas. But Erdogan *is* popularly elected, and in a real sense, not in the play-act Iranian sense of the term. Week after week of steady slaughter and militarized tyranny has got to be leaving a mark.

Or is all this being censored out of the Turkish media?

Posted by Mitch H. 2011-06-09 16:40|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2011-06-09 16:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Re: Turkish aspirations and policy, Michael Totten's interview with Claire Berlinski might be informative.

Posted by lotp 2011-06-09 20:16|| 2011-06-09 20:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Berlinski does indeed seem to be the go-to on Turkish politics, domestic and foreign. I'd still like to see Yippy strung up in a secular military backlash

Posted by Frank G 2011-06-09 20:26|| 2011-06-09 20:26|| Front Page Top

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