"Russia is trying to carry out an ethnic cleansing in northern Latakia to force out all Turkmen and the Sunni population who do not have good relations with the regime. They want to expel them, they want to ethnically cleanse this area so that the regime and Russian bases in Latakia and Tartus are protected," Davutoğlu told members of the international media in İstanbul on Wednesday.
His remarks came at the time that Russia brought up the issue of the deployment of Turkish forces in Iraq at a UN meeting. It is the latest sign of the deepening diplomatic spat between the two countries that started when the Turkish air forces shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border last month...
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9/12/15
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- Turkey's prime minister has accused Russia of attempting "ethnic cleansing" with its air strikes in northern Syria.
Ahmet Davutoglu said Russia's campaign had targeted Turkmen and Sunni communities around the Latakia region.
Relations between Ankara and Moscow have plummeted since Turkey shot down a Russian warplane on the Syrian border.
President Vladimir Putin has asked UK specialists to help analyse the flight recorder in a phone conversation with PM David Cameron, the Kremlin says.
Turkey insists that its F-16 fighters shot down the Russian Su-24 on 24 November because the bomber had trespassed into its airspace. Russia denies this...
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Turkey’s prime minister accused Russia on Wednesday of attempted “ethnic cleansing” in northern Syria, saying Moscow was trying to drive out the local Turkmen and Sunni Muslim populations to protect its military interests in the region...
ReplyDeleteAhmet Davutoglu’s comments could further harm strained relations between Moscow and Ankara, already at their worst in recent memory after Turkish forces downed a Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border late last month.
“Russia is trying to make ethnic cleansing in northern Latakia to force (out) all Turkmen and Sunni population who do not have good relations with the regime,” Davutoglu told foreign journalists in Istanbul.
“They want to expel them, they want to ethnically cleanse this area so that the regime (of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad) and Russian bases in Latakia and Tartus are protected,” he said, speaking English.......france24.com
Ankara wirft Moskau „ethnische Säuberungen“ vor...
ReplyDeleteSeit dem Abschuss eines russischen Kampfjets überhäufen sich Moskau und Ankara mit Anschuldigungen. Die Türkei wirft Russland „ethnische Säuberungen“ in Syrien vor – und wird selbst beschuldigt, den IS zu unterstützen.
Im Konflikt mit Moskau hat die türkische Regierung Russland ethnische Säuberungen in Syrien und eine indirekte Unterstützung der Terrormiliz Islamischer Staat (IS) vorgeworfen. „Russland versucht, ethnische Säuberungen - Sie können das schreiben, ethnische Säuberungen - im Norden Latakias auszuführen“, sagte Ministerpräsident Ahmet Davutoglu am Mittwoch bei einem Gespräch mit Korrespondenten westlicher Medien in Istanbul. Der Regierungschef warnte vor einem Ansturm von Millionen neuer Flüchtlingen aus Syrien, sollten die russischen Bombardements dort fortgesetzt werden.....handelsblatt.com