Israel sole winner in Syria : CHP leader

ANKARA - Radikal

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu

Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized the government’s policy on Syria, saying that only Israel benefits from the current situation.

This is because a Kurdish state is in the works, Kılıçdaroğlu said. Turkey’s foreign policy has been focused on removing the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power, without asking what will follow it, he said. “Syria is very important for Russia, too. This was discounted as well,” Kılıçdaroğlu said, adding “our foreign policy has become chaotic.” He accused the government of “play[ing] backgammon on behalf of others,” on the Syria issue. “They don’t know what to do next,” he said.