Turkey threatens to open gates for Syria refugees to go West
Thursday 05/September/2019 - 12:54 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has
threatened to allow Syrian refugees to leave Turkey for Western countries
unless a so-called “safe zone” inside Syria is established soon.
Erdogan made the threat in a speech to his ruling
party officials on Thursday. He also said Turkey was determined to create the
safe zone and would do it alone if there’s no deal with the U.S. by the end of
the month.
He says Turkey aims to resettle about 1 million out
of the 3.65 million Syrian refugees in the safe zone.
Erdogan says: “We will be forced to open the gates.
We cannot be forced to handle the burden alone.”
He also added that Turkey “did not receive the
support needed from the world” to help it cope with Syrian refugees.
