Turkish opposition: Syria crisis only helps Israel

Published Friday, July 27, 2012

The leader of a Turkish opposition party has criticized the policies of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government concerning Syria, saying that “Israel is the only winner in the Syrian crisis.”

Huriyyet newspaper quoted Kamal Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, head of the main opposition Republican People's Party, as saying that the situation in Syria was serving Israel's interest because the “creation of a Kurdish state was underway.”

He said that Turkish foreign policy concentrated on removing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power, without considering what might follow.

He also accused Erdogan of overlooking Syria's importance to Russia.

He called Turkish foreign policy “chaotic” and criticized the ruling party, adding “they do not know what they are going to do next.”

Reports have indicated that members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have begun to spread over the Turkish border into Syria.

On Thursday, Turkish officials announced that Turkish security forces had killed at least 15 Kurdish rebels in a raid near the country's border with Iraq.

Erdogan also issued a warning that a PKK-linked Kurdish presence could give Turkey cause to intervene militarily in Syria, in order to prevent Kurdish rebels from setting up base in the border region.

(UPI, Al Akhbar)

Comments

Submitted by Hans (not verified) on Fri, 2012-07-27 17:29.

Exactly how does the creation of a Syria run by Islamists (with or without an independent Kurdistan) help Israel?!...

I also find it quite "interesting" that both the Assad regime and its supporters as well as the opposition keep saying that Israel is on the "other" side respectively... Unless Israel is on both sides (why would it?) that's obviously wrong...

Submitted by Alfred (not verified) on Thu, 2012-08-02 23:01.

The fact that Syria is being destroyed helps Israel at least for a decade. There is no need to cover other issues.

Submitted by MS (not verified) on Fri, 2012-07-27 18:20.

Hanz, Let me explain how by giving an existing example: the Muslim Brotherhood had to give the United States their word on keeping the peace accord with Israel. The Muslim brotherhood is an Islamist party is it not? They are now in power and will keep peace with the terrorist state.
By doing the same in Syria, appointing an "Islamist" regime that ignores Israel and makes sure Syria is lost as a strategic ally to the Lebanese resistance. THIS is why it would be helping Israel.

Simple ME 101.