There is so much hatred and prejudice. But almost all of these are based on empty propaganda. A few months ago, UAE social media users were attacking Turks along with Armenians and Greeks. Now, as far as I can see, we all remember our historical strong ties and mutual goodwill prevails.
90% of what dear
@sami_1 wrote above consists of false claims. But I can respond one by one, even most of them completly irrevelant for this thread, if everybody OK.
If you allow me, I would like to make a small reminder about the Syria issue, which is the point I regret most.
Turkey is currently the only protector of around 10 million Syrians. (by comparison, the total population of Libya is 7 million) They do not get bombs, they somehow continue their commercial life and are not killed. Half of them are within our borders. When Turkish borders were left to terrorist organizations, military operations and establishing a safe corridor were inevitable. Dozens of our civilian citizens lost their lives in Daesh and PKK attacks. The presence of these terrorist organizations in Syria has led millions of Syrians to seek refuge in Turkey. Syrians receive free healthcare and education in Turkey, benefit from social security, and this costs billions of dollars annually.
Turkey has never said that it has annexed any Syrian territory. On the contrary, a tripartite agreement was signed to guarantee the territorial integrity of Syria. Current safe zones were created with the knowledge of Russia, the international supporter of the regime, for the return of Syrians who were free from terrorism and had to leave the country. Unfortunately, the problems with countries such as KSA and Egypt pushed us to sit down with Iran and Russia. If we could act together on Syria, we would have solved the problem years ago.
The most important reason that prepared the ground for the Euphrates Shield Operation is the direct attempt to threat Turkish state. The PKK and its Syrian extension, the PYD/YPG, attempted to establish a terrorist state in the region and even autonomous governments began to form cantons. All these developments made it necessary to organize a military operation in the region for the survival of Turkey, and Turkey implemented a military operation option as a last resort in the face of these developments threatening its existence.
In the notification sent to the UN, TURKEY defined the objectives of the operation as follows:
-To guarantee the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Turkey,
-To eliminate the terrorist elements in the border region and to ensure security,
-To prevent the PYD/YPG-PKK or any other terrorist organization from establishing a terrorist state in northern Syria,
-To prevent the arrival of new asylum seekers in Turkey and to return the Syrians in Turkey to these safe areas.
-To create a war-free safe zone for Syrian refugees in northern Syria
The right of self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter, and the 1998 Turkey-Syria Adana agreement constitute the legal basis for the operations in question.
Thank Allah(cc) these operations were successful. Today, around 2 million Syrians live in these safe zones. Not only Turkish charities, but also many Arab charities continue their activities in a safer way thanks to these regions.