Will Erdogan get tough?
Analysis: Turkey's retrained policy toward Syria may change after five civilians killed in border town
Published: 10.05.12, 15:28 / Israel Opinion
The Turkish response to the Syrian mortar fire which killed five Turkish civilians in a border town could not have been more restrained. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had to respond, even if he did not want to. The same Erdogan who remained silent after a Turkish F-4 Phantom jet was shot down a few months ago new that this time the Turkish public would demand a response. Therefore, Turkey bombed Syrian army positions along the border between the two countries.
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