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Foreign Affairs committee  We are participating very actively within the Arab League to find a solution in Syria. But the Arab League itself was quite active also. They held this conference for the opposition, which helped the opposition to be more organized and gain more self-confidence. There are a lot o

October 18th, 2012Committee meeting

Gulcan Akoguz

Foreign Affairs committee  We will be celebrating the 89th year of our republic next week. We were the only democracy in the region, together with Israel. When the Arab Spring began, Turkey sent messages...and we had very close relations with Syria. Turkey sent messages that Syria should make reforms and l

October 18th, 2012Committee meeting

Gulcan Akoguz

Foreign Affairs committee  I can give you some examples of what we have received. We have spent nearly $400 million since the beginning of the conflict. On the assistance we have received, I can give you some countries. We had a list of needs, such as tents or blankets, or some relevant material for them;

October 18th, 2012Committee meeting

Gulcan Akoguz

Foreign Affairs committee  Within Turkey, I know that the camps are equipped for winter, but they may end up having more people trying to find refuge in Turkey as winter comes. The camps are very well equipped. They are open to visits from foreigners, from media. A lot of people have been there. Within Tu

October 18th, 2012Committee meeting

Gulcan Akoguz

Foreign Affairs committee  I can send it by e-mail to Ms. Burke. We actually have a document asking for international help, listing the things we can use.

October 18th, 2012Committee meeting

Gulcan Akoguz

Foreign Affairs committee  They are providing food and other necessary materials to people inside Syria as well, at zero point. We cannot go inside Syria, but we are continuously building.... We now have the 14th camp and 101,000 Syrians seeking refuge in Turkey. Actually, they do not have refugee status,

October 18th, 2012Committee meeting

Gulcan Akoguz

Foreign Affairs committee  Our minister made a statement, a call to the international community, actually, I believe in April. In all his international conferences and his meetings with his counterparts, he voices and explains the situation in Turkey and asks for help as well.

October 18th, 2012Committee meeting

Gulcan Akoguz

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, of course.

October 18th, 2012Committee meeting

Gulcan Akoguz

Foreign Affairs committee  It's a slippery slope, as you said, but Turkey has no intention of going to war, as well as NATO. As you said, those shellings—they began on the 20th, actually. They continued on the 21st and the 23rd. We doubt that all of them were mistakes. In the end, it killed five of our cit

October 18th, 2012Committee meeting

Gulcan Akoguz

Foreign Affairs committee  Before 1998, Turkey had problems with Syria. Our relations were problematic because of their support of the terrorist group, the PKK. After 2000, when Bashar al-Assad came to power, the relations began to develop rapidly. In 2000, we had bilateral trade reaching near $2.5 billion

October 18th, 2012Committee meeting

Gulcan Akoguz

Foreign Affairs committee  We are working very closely with UNHCR, and the Turkish Red Crescent is also very much involved. There is also another organization in Turkey that is involved, a government organization, in the distribution of aid that we receive or using our own means. Red Crescent is also invol

October 18th, 2012Committee meeting

Gulcan Akoguz

Foreign Affairs committee  Two days ago the number of Syrians taking refuge in Turkey passed 100,000. Yesterday's number was 101,000 refugees taking shelter in Turkey. Since the beginning of the conflict we have housed 144,000 refugees; 40,000 of them returned to Syrian. They can't come and go. We have bu

October 18th, 2012Committee meeting

Gulcan Akoguz

Foreign Affairs committee  Not yet. I think Canada is providing help through Jordan, or the Red Cross, or maybe through Lebanon as well.

October 18th, 2012Committee meeting

Gulcan Akoguz

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, of course. Our minister also had a meeting under the auspices of the UN and asked for international help. It's way beyond—we need to spend a lot of—

October 18th, 2012Committee meeting

Gulcan Akoguz

Foreign Affairs committee  No. The UN or international community should find a way to help the Syrian people within their own territory, so that they do not become international displaced persons. They shouldn't need to find refuge in neighbouring countries. A solution should be found within their own terr

October 18th, 2012Committee meeting

Gulcan Akoguz