TDD President Kanak stated that a certain issue regarding Syria is misunderstood in Turkey.

The President of the Turkish World Association, Halit Kanak, was a guest of the presenter Abdurrahman Yazıcı in the Haberler.com studio. Commenting on the developments in Syria, Kanak emphasized that Turkey has supported a democratic change in Syria from the very beginning.

Halit Kanak, who said, "Our state has taken resolute steps regarding Syria from the beginning," continued his speech: When a regime change occurred in Syria during the Arab Spring process, Turkey had again extended a helping hand to the regime. "You can be elected again, and we will support you," he said, but the ideological differences there made them approach us with distance. "We will not get involved in these matters; if necessary, we will use force," they said. From the moment they started to use that force, they faced a strong opposition, and many civilians there suffered greatly.

"600,000 civilians have lost their lives in Syria. Turkey opened its doors to those who wanted to escape from the violence of the Syrian regime. Turkey took on the protection of 4 million Syrian citizens trapped in Idlib. 4 million people tried to crowd into Idlib, a small town. Turkey took military precautions in Idlib."

"Despite the attacks against us there, Turkey did not back down and stood firm. Turkey has, of course, taken on a role here. It took on the protection of 4 million of our compatriots and fellow believers who were cornered. The whole world was watching this. Turkey supported the opposition groups that came together under the name of the Free Syrian Army. Thus, it facilitated the lives of the people there."

"A topic that our citizens generally know is this: Syria became Turkified with Yavuz Sultan Selim's entry into Aleppo in 1516. In fact, it is not so. We have been there for 1000 years. In fact, we have been there even longer."