Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
The Scourge of Hama...
's family if such a request is made, President Abdullah Gul was quoted as saying by daily Radikal on Thursday.
"There is no such thing right now," said Gul, when asked about Turkey's answer to a possible asylum request from Assad's family. "It would of course be considered if such a request were made."
| Considered, yes. Approved in a timely manner as the peasants approach them stopped at the border crossing? That is a question of a different colour altogether. |
| Depends on whether or not the peasants had a goodly length of piano wire... |
The ongoing violence has fed increasing international anger at the regime in Damascus
...Capital of the last remaining Baathist regime in the world...
and Turkey, together with the Arab League
...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
, spearheaded regional condemnation of the Syrian leadership.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has also urged his one-time friend Assad to quit.