Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that “the number of refugees returning to Syria will increase whenever the diplomatic contacts that Turkey has been conducting for a while with Russia and Syria,” according to “Russia Today” agency.
In his speech today, Erdogan said, “New violations are constantly added to the grave violations that ignore human rights, freedom and dignity in many parts of the world, from Syria to Palestine, from Yemen to Arakan, and from East Turkestan to Africa,” pointing out that the crimes Hatred such as cultural racism, xenophobia and Islamophobia “has reached appalling proportions, particularly in Western societies”.
He added, “The basic freedoms of millions of Muslims are violated, and their sanctities are insulted under the guise of freedom of expression, and their beliefs are portrayed as a source of threat.”
And he added, “To date, about 500,000 Syrian refugees have returned to the places that we have turned into safe areas.”
He continued, “The number of refugees returning to their country will increase whenever the diplomatic contacts that Turkey has been conducting for some time with Russia and Syria bear fruit.”
Erdogan pointed out that “terrorists who shed the blood of citizens of the Turkish people and carried out terrorist acts targeting civilians enjoyed protection under the pretext that they were political asylum seekers,” noting that “some of the countries we work with under the roof of NATO, the Council of Europe or the United Nations have become Today it is a shelter for fugitives from Turkish justice.”
He stressed that “the violent events that took place in the French capital, Paris, recently revealed the extent of the error of distinguishing between” a good terrorist and a “bad terrorist,” expressing his hope that “these events will lead to the launch of a new era in the fight against terrorism.”
Erdogan stressed that “Turkey has taken a firm stance to combat terrorism, and at the same time extended a helping hand to the oppressed.”
He concluded, “We embraced more than 4 million oppressed people, including 3.5 million Syrians, who fled from conflict areas… We did not look at anyone’s faith or origin when we were providing assistance to the oppressed trying to cling to life in the Syrian camps.”