Davutoğlu: Threats Will Be Responded

“We will take the most efficient measures against all threats concerning our border security and respond immediately,” Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said regarding the ongoing clashes on the Syrian border.

Davutoğlu said the following: 

"Syria’s elected representatives of people get to decide on the questions on the country’s future, political structure and components. At the moment, it is an internal affair of Syria. However, everybody must refrain from impositions and de facto efforts until a parliament is elected. Otherwise, it might bring huge risks. New impositions or de facto situations will turn everything more fragile and engender negative outcomes. 

"Of course, the current regime might be using tactics to create conflict among different ethnic groups such as Kurds, Turkmens, Arabs and other religious groups. Nobody should be inclined to these impositions and fall into pitfalls. The recognition of this imposition would even cause more intense conflicts.” 

Child killed in Ceylanpınar

Clashes resume between Free Syrian Army and Syrian-Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in the Syrian border district of Ras al-Ayn. 

On Wednesday night, clash fires spilled over the Turkish border, leaving one child killed and 4 people injured. 

This morning, PYD forces replaced the flag of Free Syrian Army with theirs on the top of building located 100 meters from Turkish border. 

PYD ready to apologize 

Turkey’s attitude on PYD relatively altered but we don’t Turkey to see us as a threat, Nasır Hacı Mansur from PYD’s TEV-DEM wing told Voice of America Radio.  

“We will apologize if we had a fault,” continued Mansur, regarding the death of one child in Ceylanpınar district. 

Müslim backs democratic autonomy

There is nothing for Turkey to be concerned about its security, PYD leader Salih Müslim told BBC Turkish yesterday. 

“The controls around Turkish border have been delegated to civilian authorities by PYD’s People Defense Force (YPG). 

He also underlined that they had no intention to declare a separate state from Syria, saying that they were defending the democratic autonomy project. 

* bianet compiled this article from radikal.com.tr, bbcturkish, amerikanınsesi.com