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Turkish opposition leader warns against getting involved in war.
CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu: Turkish army should stay out of Syria
Murat Yetkin
CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has warned the government not to drag Turkey into a war in Syria.
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has warned the government not to make Turkey a part of the war in Syria while giving humanitarian assistance to the Kurdish-populated town of Kobane (Ayn al-Arab), which has been under heavy attack by forces from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for over two weeks.
Speaking to the Hürriyet Daily News in a telephone interview, Kılıçdaroğlu said Turkish soldiers should not enter Syrian soil and added that he believed the Turkish army is of the same opinion.
The CHP head accused Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu of using the fight against ISIL as a justification of the government’s first priority, overthrowing the Syrian regime. He said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, meanwhile, was trying to build an “extraordinary leader” image for himself through a “cheap war” in Syria.
Here are Kılıçdaroğlu’s words on the Kobane situation and the government’s stance on the ISIL-Syria issue:
* “A CHP delegation has visited Kobane in recent weeks, but according to the latest reports we have received from there, not many civilians remain in the town. Turkey should, of course, give every kind of humanitarian assistance to Kobane, but it should not become a part of the war there and should not enter this war.
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* “Turkish soldiers should not enter Syrian soil. There are those who want to drag Turkey into the Syrian soil, into the atmosphere of war in the Middle East. Turkey should not play this game. I believe the Turkish military thinks the same way.
* “Erdoğan wants to become an ‘extraordinary leader’ through the dream of a ‘cheap war’ in Syria. Like many 'extraordinary leaders' in history, he is trying to keep his power consolidated by creating 'extraordinary situations' - or illusions of extraordinary situations - one after another. First, it was the suspicion of a coup against himself using court cases like Ergenekon and Balyoz. Then, there was the illusion of another coup attempt using the Gezi protests, and finally there are the claims of a ‘parallel structure’ against the government. The last in this series is the dream of a cheap war in Syria. But when it became clear that this war would not be so cheap, he was late in putting the brakes on. God save Turkey from leaders considering themselves ‘extraordinary,’ and God save Turkey from war.”
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/chp-leader-kilicdaroglu-turkish-army-should-stay-out-of-syria.aspx?pageID=449&nID=72674&NewsCatID=409
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