Former Turkish defense minister: AKP made a grave mistake in its policy towards Syria

Damascus, SANA, Solving the crisis in Syria could be achieved by closing border to prevent terrorists from flowing into the country, supporting Syria’s government to eliminate terrorist who came to Syria from different countries and holding legislative elections, former Turkish Defense Minister Barlas Doglu has said.

Doglu told the Syrian TV in an interview aired Friday that “the Turkish Justice and Development Party (AKP) made a grave mistake in its policy towards Syria, by opening its borders for terrorists and supporting them by accommodation and weapons, and to correct these mistakes Turkey has to  support  central governments to enable them eliminate terrorism which started to be reversed to Turkey itself.”

Doglu affirmed that Turkey has no other choice but to correct its policies which left Turkey to dump into the swamp and its repercussions which we saw in Istanbul and Ankara terrorist bombings.

AKP is a tool for implementing Western policies in the Middle East, Doglu added, saying.. “We, as the people of the region, have to stand side by side against our governments which work for the West, and this is when hundreds of thousands of Turkish people were taken to streets all over Turkey against the policies of AKP and in rejection of making Turkey as a tool in the hands of the West”.

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