Responding to remarks by Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu published earlier in the day, Bahçeli said: "The government is of course required to protect national security and to take deterrent measures in the face of dangers emanating from outside our borders. But if a military operation is being planned in the name of executing or assisting some global projects and a cooperation is forged with Saudi Arabia to that effect, the results could be terrible. It could lead to unimaginably grave consequences."
Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu said Turkey could join a ground operation with Saudi Arabia in Syria against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and that Saudi Arabia is set to send warplanes to İncirlik air base in southern Turkey to be used for air missions against the extremist group. Riyadh is ready to send troops as well, he said.
"Turkey will not be a proxy to execute scenarios of violence and atrocity drafted in foreign capitals. Otherwise the outcome could be catastrophic," Bahçeli said.
He also said the government must immediately inform the Parliament about all aspects of its relations with Saudi Arabia and offer detailed explanations about the current developments. "A ground operation without the approval of Parliament could cost us a homeland," he warned.
[todayszaman.com]
13/2/16
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