Tehran, YJC. Former Turk diplomats believe that Erdoğan’s insistence on attack on Syria has met failure against the Russian plan and the Justice and Development Party is at a dead end.
Deputy
Chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party of Turkey criticizing Erdoğan’s
policies asserted "The Justice and Development party has arrived at a dead end
in domestic and foreign policies and Erdoğan is now a bold slave to his
previous statements.”
Vice-President
of Republican People’s Party Gürsel Tekin in interview with Fars said "The
Russian plan and its acceptance by Obama and his allies have put the ruling
Justice and Development Party in an impasse.”
Pointing
to the failures suffered by the Erdoğan administration, he said "The Justice
and Development Party has reached a dead end in domestic and civil policies, because
instead of his country’s interests, Erdoğan is worried for the interests of the
Justice and Development Party. Erdoğan acts only to the interest of the party. He
is looking for an ally for a crusade in the Islamic world and enjoys the
thoughts of annihilating the Islamic world. But the people of Turkey must stand
against that mentality.”
Former
Turk diplomat Şükrü Elekdağ also believed that an attack on Syria will rather
complicate the issue than solve it, adding "The surrender of chemical weapons to
prevent an attack by the US is a good idea. Here the US and Turkey face Russia and
Iran. If a solution is to be found, Turkey must cooperate with Iran and Russia.
Without such cooperation finding a way out of the Syrian crisis will be
impossible.”
Deputy
Chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party Oktay Öztürk also said in interview
with Fars "Erdoğan’s insistence on attacking Syria is a pompous show.”
Asserting
that Erdoğan uses maneuvers on a military attack on Syria as a propaganda tool,
he said "The closer we get to the elections the more empty-handed Erdoğan becomes.
I have not seen such adventurism so far. Today some are ruling Turkey who are
not politicians, and that is a pity for Turkey.”
He also
maintained "The US is thinking of the post-Bashar Assad era, but since it
understands that it cannot have control over the post-Bashar Assad era, it
prefers Assad to his opposition. But Erdoğan has become a pompous slave to his
previous statements and struggles to realize them.”