"The logic that assumes Turkey would not be involved in a military operation, is wrong," Erdogan said in an interview with the Hurriyet newspaper on his way back from New York, where he attended the UN General Assembly meetings.
Erdogan said negotiations are underway to determine how and by which countries the air strikes and a potential ground operation would be undertaken and that Turkey is ready to take part. “Whatever is Turkey's role, Turkey will play it," he said.
According to Erdogan, however, the air strikes against the IS were not enough and a ground operation was also necessary. “You can't finish off such a terrorist organisation only with airstrikes,” Erdogan said.
Meanwhile, Turkey's Ambassador to Bulgaria Suleyman Gokce told the Bulgarian National Radio that Turkey would demand a buffer zone in Syria, where safe haven areas would be set up. “There might be a military operation necessary for the setting up of those zones,” Gokce said. “This is a theme that also affects Bulgaria. If this would be possible is up to a decision of the UN Security Council.”
[novinite.com]
27/9/14
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Shells land in Turkey near besieged Syrian town???!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMURSITPINAR, Turkey - Four mortar shells landed in Turkey near the border with Syria on Saturday, injuring two people, as Islamic State militants clashed with Kurdish forces defending a Syrian border town, local officials and a Reuters witness said.
Islamic State launched an offensive to try to capture the border town of Kobane more than a week ago, besieging it from three sides. More than 150,000 Kurds have fled the town and surrounding villages, crossing into Turkey.
One of the mortars blew a large hole in an empty minibus parked near Tavsanli, a village close to Kobane.
Authorities in the border province of Sanliurfa have blocked the main road to the Syrian border as security worsens in the area, an official at the local governor's office said.
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Shells-land-in-Turkey-near-besieged-Syrian-town-376421
27/9/14
Shells land in Turkey as clashes intensify around Kobane????!!!!
ReplyDeleteFour mortar shells landed in Turkey near the border with Syria on Sept. 27, injuring two people, as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants clashed with Kurdish forces defending a Syrian border town, local officials and a Reuters witness said.
ISIL launched an offensive to try to capture the border town of Kobane more than a week ago, besieging it from three sides. More than 150,000 Kurds have fled the town and surrounding villages, crossing into Turkey.
One of the mortars blew a large hole in an empty minibus parked near Tavşanlı, a village close to Kobane.
Lawyer Onur Kale of Mersin Bar wrote on his Twitter account that a shell hit the minibus they were travelling in.
“Four mortar shells were fired to a village in Suruç. We do not have any safety here, we could be killed any time,” wrote Kale, who was reportedly in Suruç on the Turkish-Syrian border, and shared a photograph of a damaged minibus.
Authorities in the border province of Şanlıurfa have blocked the main road to the Syrian border as security worsens in the area, an official at the local governor's office told Ruters.
Kurdish forces said on Sept. 25 they had pushed back the advance on Kobane, also known as Ayn al-Arab, by ISIL fighters but appealed for U.S.-led air strikes to target the insurgents' tanks and heavy armaments..........................http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/shells-land-in-turkey-as-clashes-intensify-around-kobane.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72251&NewsCatID=352
27/9/14