Ankara’s Syria Policy A Source of Instability
Turkey’s Syria policy neglects the security of its citizens and borders.
The decision in August 2011 by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu that Turkey would like to see Syrian President Bashar Assad brought down and replaced by the Muslim Brotherhood was not prompted by a vital exigency related to Turkey’s stability and security, but rather was a function of ideological preference.
There was no rational reason that forced the Turkish government to assume the task of toppling Assad for not heeding Turkey’s advice and oppressing his opposition with unwarranted violence. There is no international accord that has assigned Turkey as a guarantor of Syrian well being.
