The opposition party accused Prime Minister Erdogan’s government of using discretionary funds to recruit, arm, train, and finance al Qaeda-linked groups in Turkey for battle in Syria. Last week Syrian Kurdish leader Salih Muslim accused the Erdogan government of facilitating the operations of the Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda, and the Ahrar al Sham in Turkish border towns to support the Islamist groups’ fight against the Kurds in Syria. President Gul accused the UN of failing to protect Syria and called for concrete steps to end the Syrian conflict and the speedy passage of a resolution on the US-Russian chemical arms deal.
