Turkey to Syria: No Place for ‘Authoritarian Regimes’<blockquote>“Turkish President Abdullah Gul said there was ‘no place for authoritarian regimes’ in the Mediterranean region, heaping more pressure on the embattled Syrian regime, in comments published Sunday. ‘I strongly believe that there is no place any more for authoritarian regimes — single party systems that do not have accountability or transparency — on the shores of the Mediterranean,’ he told Britain’s Sunday Telegraph newspaper. ’As someone who has studied in the United Kingdom, lived in the United Kingdom, has this world view, President (Bashar) Assad should be able to understand this.’”
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Turkey to Syria: No Place for ‘Authoritarian Regimes’, 11/20/201</blockquote>
<blockquote>'..On Monday, November 14, the League announced that it was sending 500 observers to Syria to monitor the situation .. The League's potential call for assembling Arab states' armies to fight another Arab State is not new. Military units from Turkey and Jordan joined forces with NATO in combating against Khadafy's army in Libya.'
- Haggai Carmon,
The Arab World vs. Syria?, 11/15/11</blockquote>
<blockquote>'(Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called on Tuesday for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down for the sake of peace in the region and said Turkey could not turn its back on the Syrian people.'
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Turkish PM calls on Syria's Assad to quit, Nov 22, 2011</blockquote>
Context<blockquote>
(Syria) 'Our patience is running out.' - Recep Tayyip Erdogan(Syria) '..the courage of the people in the street .. will lead .. to freedom.'US and Russia issue warning for Syria's Bashar al-AssadMedvedev: Syria's Assad risks sad fate</blockquote>