SYRIA/ TURKEY – Turkish MP Presents Note of Interrogation to Erdogan about His Government’s Stances toward Syria

SYRIA/ TURKEY – Turkish MP Presents Note of Interrogation to Erdogan about His Government’s Stances toward Syria

Turkish MP Presents Note of Interrogation to Erdogan about His Government’s Stances toward Syria

Dec 15, 2011

ANKARA, (SANA)- Turkish MP of the opposition Republican People’s Party, Refik Eryilmaz, has presented a note of interrogation to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan regarding his government’s stances towards Syria.

Eryilmaz said that Erdogan government’s support to the Syrian opposition poses a threat to Turkey’s interests and national security.

He added in the note that Erdogan’s statements contradict international relations and will create many problems for Turkey.

The Turkish Parliamentarian requested immediate response from Erdogan to his questions asking “Is it true that Erdogan has already promised the Syrian opposition to cut off all ties with the Syrian leadership and to participate in international sanctions against Syria? Is it true that the Turkish government has made promises to arm the Syrian opposition and support it on the international level and to establish a buffer zone on the border with Syria?”

The statute of the Turkish Parliament grants the MPs the right to inquire about any issue of any minister or prime minister, without specifying the period within which such inquires are to be answered.

Turkish Merchants and Citizens criticize their government’s policy towards Syria

Turkish citizens and merchants reject the policies of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan towards Syria that harmed the Syrian and Turkish peoples alike, and obstructed the move of bilateral tourism and trade.

Emre Hadimogullari, 22, an electrical engineering student in Gaziantep, is so irate at the Turkish government’s policy towards Syria, he told the New York Times in a press statement.

“Turkey should mind its own business and stop interfering in another country’s affairs,” he said.

Turkish businesspeople here also questioned the wisdom of sanctions, saying that the Turkish new stances would negatively affect the economy and the Turkish people.

Cengiz Akinal, a shoe manufacturer who imports bows for his shoes from artisans in Syria, said that the Turkish tax increase on goods from Syria was forcing him to import bows from China.

( Fonte: www.sana.sy )

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