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Written by Damir Nazarov
While pro-government media in Turkey present the events in Syria as a state victory, the opposition has a very different opinion on this matter.
Let’s start with the fact that the former speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and one of the founders of Ak Party, Bulent Arinc, stated that – “Israel is the one who benefits the most from what is happening in Syria.” In an interview on EKOL TV, Erdogan’s former ally explained that
“What will happen in Syria worried us in the past and worries us today. Our late Hoca Erbakan and people who expressed their views on Syria in the past also held the opinion that the disintegration of Syria would be harmful to Turkey. Suddenly Israel came to Damascus. And it seized the Golan Heights and water resources. It burned their ships and bombed their planes. There was no noise.”
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Then, the Chairman of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) Ozgur Ozel made a statement on the Syrian issue, where he explained that – “Erdogan did not win in Syria, Israel and the United States won. A transition period has begun, during which it is unclear to what extent this will serve Turkey’s national interests.”
Further, the Chairman of the Independent Turkish Party (BTP) Huseyin Bas, assessing the latest developments in Syria, Huseyin Bas explained:
“All the obstacles to the order that the US and Israel wanted to establish in the Middle East for more than 40-50 years have suddenly been removed. Now Israel wants to rule over the natural resources there by making an agreement with Cyprus, which is opposite the regions it controls. I see that tomorrow you will sacrifice this Cyprus to the ambitions of America and Israel and turn it into a toy, do not do this.”
As we can see, the criticism of Erdogan sounds quite serious and the figures who voiced it are not some kind of “marginals”. Why is the voice of the Turkish opposition important? Because Erdogan often adjusts his foreign and domestic policies based on criticism from his opponents. This was previously the case with Assad and the Syrian refugees, when at the turn of 2021 to the present day, members of the People’s Republican Party demanded that the Turkish authorities negotiate with Assad, and Erdogan was ready. Regarding the refugees, even in the ruling alliance there was harsh criticism from the “Nationalist Movement Party” against the Ak Party with a demand to begin the process of returning Syrian refugees to their homeland.
Therefore, if tomorrow we hear threats or even some anti-Zionist actions from pro-Turkish proxies in Syria, this will be the result, among other things, of the loud voice of the Turkish opposition.
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