Erdoğan uses Syrian refugees as political pawns
Turkey aims to resettle at least a third of the refugees in ‘safe zone’ within Syria, president says
The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has threatened to allow Syrian refugees to leave Turkey for western countries unless a so-called “safe zone” inside Syria is established soon.
Erdoğan made the threat in a speech to his ruling party officials on Thursday. He also said Turkey was determined to create the safe zone and would do it alone if there was no deal with the US by the end of the month.