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said about Syria turned out to be true from the very beginning, sadly
no serious steps have been made to resolve the issue because these 2
million people do not go to Iran or Russia but come to my country and
we pay the dues.
So far, we allocated 6,5 billion USD to support the refugees. While we
do provide humanitarian aid to the refugees, some countries dispatch
planes and weapons. Therefore, they watch the death of hundreds of
thousands of people during the turmoil in Syria and Irak. Is it something
humane? Then, is there anyone rising against this? Alas!
Once again, I would like to call upon the international community:
the solution to the Syrian crisis is to enable the removal of the tyrant
regime in power and to encourage the establishment of a government
on the basis of the governance by the public for the public and the
regional realities. In this process, there is a need to create a zone
free from terrorist organizations along the borders of Turkey, in the
first place. Such a practice will prevent new influx of refugees and
assistance will be provided in their country of origin instead of them
pushing the borders in Europe. Otherwise, it is inevitable for the fire
to be funneled, conflicts to expand and new influx of refugees to
grow.

Since 2011, more than 12 million Syrian people who constitute half of
the national population have been displaced. Some of them left Syria
while some have been internally displaced and moved into different
provinces.

Only 5 million of them live outside Syria. It is aberrant that the longer
the conflicts will be the more people will be encouraged to abandon
their country. We clearly see that and I believe that the rest of the world
also follows up such incidences. The Syrian crisis has the potential to
exponentially grow.

The same situation holds true for other countries in the region. In
those countries, as long as no opportunity is created to enable the
formation of the governments reflecting the demands of their citizens
on the basis of their own realities, wounds will continue to bleed.

The western countries must see that peace and welfare of their citizens
is not independent from the incidences taking places in this region and
the rest of the world. The ones deploying any kind of efforts to hear

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