Syria Divides Turkey's Conservatives

Syria Divides Turkey's Conservatives

There is little doubt that Turkey’s conservatives are heavily divided over how to handle the Syrian crisis. In my view, Turkey’s conservatives are roughly divided into three camps on this issue: (1) The center consists of those who approve of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government’s approach, which involves hosting the Syrian opposition, refraining from direct intervention and hoping for the quick removal of the Assad regime; (2) the right of that center wants more aggressive measures to facilitate the quick downfall of Assad, preferably with international legitimacy but does not see this as a must; (3) the left of that center is very much opposed to any Turkish intervention and sees Turkey’s current opposition to the Assad regime as a larger ploy to weaken the anti-Israel resistance front.

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