Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan answered journalists’ questions on his return flight from Kazakhstan. Erdoğan said;
“I already said on Friday, after Friday prayers, that we can start a new process with Syria. We can extend an invitation to Mr. Putin and Bashar al-Assad. If Mr. Putin can pay a visit to Turkey, this could be the beginning of a new process. All the years that have passed in the Syrian arena have clearly shown everyone that a permanent solution mechanism must be established. It is essential that Syria, whose infrastructure has been destroyed and whose people have been left in shambles, gets back on its feet and the instability comes to an end. The recent calm on the ground can open the door to peace with wise policies and solution-oriented approaches free from prejudices. It is a problem that the instability in the region gives terrorist organizations, especially the PKK/PYD/YPG, room to operate.
It is crucial for the construction of Syria’s future that these terrorist structures are eradicated indiscriminately and collectively. It is important to build Syria’s democratic infrastructure, to achieve an inclusive and honorable peace, and to approach all these on the basis of Syria’s territorial integrity. The winds of peace that will blow in Syria and the climate of peace that will prevail throughout Syria are also necessary for the return of millions of people scattered in various countries. We have always extended and will always extend our hand of friendship to our neighbor Syria. We will always stand by a prosperous, prosperous, united and whole Syria embracing on the basis of a just, dignified and inclusive new social contract. As long as Syria initiates this great embrace and recovers in every field.
Organizations such as PKK/PYD/YPG and DAESH are disturbed, not the countries. It becomes clear that they do not want such a meeting and Syria to stand up again. But as you know, there are many organizations in northern Syria. Among them, there are also those who want to quickly improve their relations with Turkey. As a matter of fact, after the events in the north of Syria started, Mr. Abdurrahman Mustafa, the Prime Minister of the Syrian Interim Government, stepped in and quickly turned these negative developments into positive ones. In Turkey, with the swift intervention of our security forces in the incident in Kayseri, the atmosphere calmed down and we received positive results on all sides as soon as possible. Even if such situations arise in our country for a short period of time, we will not allow them to prolong. On the Syrian side, the structures that are against terrorist organizations will not allow such a situation. Those who aim to disrupt the climate of brotherhood by creating racist movements in Turkey are trying to fulfill the instructions they receive from dark centers. But we know very well these games and how to disrupt them. We will not allow those who plan chaos and exploitation over a dastardly incident. In the incident in Kayseri, our state has done and is doing its part. We will not allow anyone in this country to put themselves in the place of the state’s law enforcement, judiciary and government. They may think that their insidious plans are strong, but our brotherhood, unity and solidarity are capable of spoiling all games.”
