Posted on 11/29/2016 9:59:20 AM PST by Fennie
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the Turkish Army has entered Syria to end the rule of Syrian President Bashar Assad, whom the accused of terrorism and causing the deaths of thousands of Syrians.
"We entered [Syria] to end the rule of the tyrant al-Assad who terrorizes with state terror. [We didn't enter] for any other reason," the Turkish president said at the first Inter-Parliamentary Jerusalem Platform Symposium in Istanbul, as quoted by Hurriyet daily.
Erdogan said that Turkey has no territorial claims in Syria, but instead wants to hand over power to the Syrian population, adding that Ankara is seeking to restore "justice."
"Why did we enter? We do not have an eye on Syrian soil. The issue is to provide lands to their real owners. That is to say we are there for the establishment of justice," he said.
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Worthwhile to mention that Timurid dynasty and Timur_e lang had Turko-Mongol lineage and the dynasty followed initial mongol invasion of Iran. Also, the Safavid were a Turkic speaking dynasty in Iran who forcibly converted Iranians to Shi’ism circa 15-16 century.
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