[Iran Press TV] Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey opposes economic sanctions against Libya because it will hurt the Libyan people."It is wrong to act hastily in such situations. And it is not right at present to impose sanctions on Libya since such measures punish the people," Erdogan said on Wednesday.
Erdogan described the Libyan government crackdown on its people as "very worrying" and expressed hope that "those who govern Libya will eventually see the realities," AFP quoted him as saying.
"We are not supposed to meddle in Libya's affairs... and it is up to the Libyan people to decide their own fate," he added.
The remarks come, after the United States and the European Union announced they were considering the possibility of imposing economic sanctions against Libya over its bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
Libya's pro-democracy protesters are bracing for the tenth day of revolution against the country's ruler, Muammar Qadaffy.
Militiamen loyal to Qadaffy clamped down in Tripoli, struggling to keep the capital under control.
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini claimed Wednesday that 1,000 Libyan pro-democracy protesters have been killed in the North African nation during Qadaffy's brutal crackdown on civilians.
The latest report said a dozen more soldiers have refused to shoot the pro-democracy protesters on the 10th day of nationwide rage against the Libyan dictator.
The news comes a day after an amateur video showed the bodies of some 130 soldiers slain because they refused to open fire on the protesters.
A massive crackdown on civilians in crisis-hit Libya in the past nine days has drawn widespread condemnation in the world.
Following the European Union, the Arab Union, the United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society Security Council, and the United States, Spanish authorities have also slammed the brutal crackdown on Libya's pro-democracy protesters.
On Tuesday, Qadaffy pledged to fight the intensifying revolution against his four-decade-long grip on power.