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The Grand Turk
Turkish regime shifts stance on Assad’s future in Syria
2016-08-21
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Turkish Prime Minister, Binali Yidirum, stated on Saturday that Syrian President, Bashir al-Assad, can remain as the interim leader of Syria, while the country moves towards a transitional government.

Yidirum added that Assad cannot remain president of Syria after the transitional government is set in place.

This shift in Turkish policy comes just two weeks after Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him...
, met with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin
...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...
, in St. Petersburg.

Previously, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
demanded Assad step down from the presidency immediately and even threatened military action against his government if he did not comply.
In other words, they'll give him a little longer to flee with whatever he can carry. Golly.
Next week, Erdogan is scheduled to travel to Tehran, where he will meet with the Iranian and Russian leaders in order to increase coordination efforts.
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