Davutoglu proposes refugee 'container city'
Davutoglu, while advocating a container city for refugees in a safe zone, is ignoring the serious risks it would entail.
Following a remark by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Turkey might tolerate “something like going with [Syrian President Bashar al-] Assad in the transition process” — which signified a 180-degree turn in Erdogan's Syria policy — many wondered what Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu would pull out of his briefcase at the UN General Assembly in New York.
Not surprisingly, Davutoglu apparently clarified Erdogan's statement, saying Turkey does not want Assad involved in any transition period.
Davutoglu also reiterated that Turkey has not given up its ambitions for a safe zone in Syria. Of course, the plan he came out with is not called a buffer zone or a safe zone. The new plan, in embellished packaging, is for a “container city” for refugees in a protected zone.
Davutoglu briefed Turkish journalists about the new plan seeking a solution for the refugee issue:
