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Ankara is still struggling to adjust its Syria policy, indexed to the slogan “Bashar al-Assad must leave now,” to a new course being shaped by the US-Russian dialogue. It was Ankara that had to explain President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remark, “a transition with Assad is possible,” after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu immediately followed up by saying, "We think that having Assad in power will not allow the transition administration [to be] a transitory one. Our opinion has not changed.’’
