Turkey is not seeking a war, but must be prepared for war if it wants peace since it is not far away from a conflict, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Oct. 5 following a killer shelling from Syria hit the country.
"We are not war-lovers, but we are not far from war either," Erdoğan said, speaking at an event in Istanbul. "The saying goes: ‘prepare for war if you wish for peace.’ So war becomes the key for peace."
The Turkish Parliament voted in favor of a motion which gave green light to the government to stage cross-border raids on Syria after the Oct. 3 shelling from there killed five Turkish citizens. "I am calling once more on the al-Assad regime and its supporters: Don’t dare to test Turkey’s patience," Erdoğan said, adding that testing Turkey’s capacity for deterrence would be "a fatal mistake."
"We are not bluffing and we will follow this incident closely. God willing, the Syrian people would soon be saved from this cruelty and governed by an administration that guarantees the rights of all parties."
The Turkish government has signaled it intends to use the parliamentary mandate as a trump card to deter the Syrian regime.
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