Hurriyet published an article by Nihat Ali Özcan headlined "Bright Ideas on Syri". "Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu delivered a speech regarding the Middle East in general and Syria on Apr 24. His remarks were quite interesting and decorated with “foreign policy values of today’s world”. During all of his speech he emphasized that his government absolutely does not pursue religious, ethnic and sectarian differences. Again, he explained that they do not intend to change the regime. It was exciting," the article reads
"The speech has got a series of messages for both the international and domestic public. I want to focus on two subjects regarding the speech. After all, like Davutoğlu said “a new order is being set - we are setting a new order in the Middle East” and we are witnesses to this," the author says.
"The argument used by Davutoğlu to criticize the opposition at parliament was the first thing that drew my attention. He accused those who criticize his party’s policies of being the Turkish version of Ba’ath ideology. Implicitly but openly for a Sunni, he needed to base his critics on sectarian identities. Even though this is a pleasing attitude for voters with “Sunni world” perception, remarks made through “values” have lost their meaning all of a sudden," he says.
"The second striking issue for me was about the function of the United Nations Supervision Mission. He means that mission should make arrangements for vulnerable insurgents instead of helping a cease-fire. This “bright” idea implies that the operational area for the Assad government must be narrowed, while the insurgents are being reinforced. Davutoğlu has described this task under three titles," he adds.
"Since “revolution will occur permanently ” in the Middle East, then relevant problems can be solved easily by deploying “UN Supervision Missions” instead of military," Özcan concludes.
