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Syria's oppressors will not survive, Erdoğan says in Libya
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the autocratic regime in Syria will collapse just like those in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya.
“Those who inflict repression on their own people in Syria will not survive. The time of autocracies is over. Totalitarian regimes are going away. The rule of the people is coming,” Erdoğan said as he addressed a cheering Libyan crowd on Friday. The Turkish prime minister called on Libyans to unite in the aftermath of the Muammar Gaddafi era.
"You are the ones who showed the whole world that no administration can stand in the way of the might and will of the people," he told the crowd in Tripoli's newly named Martyrs Square, formerly known as Green Square.
Erdoğan traveled to Libya as part of a tour of the Arab world that is aimed at offering help for the countries involved and advancing his growing status as a regional leader. Erdoğan was welcomed at the airport by Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) Chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil, NTC Deputy Chairman Mahmoud Jibril, Turkish Ambassador to Libya Ali Kemal Aydin, as well as some Turkish businessmen and Turkish citizens living in Libya.
Turkish Deputy Premier Bekir Bozdağ, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, Transportation Minister Binali Yıldırım, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yıldız, Economy Minister Zafer Cağlayan and Defense Minister İsmet Yılmaz also arrived in Tripoli. Erdoğan, on a North African tour to assert Ankara's regional influence, is hoping to reap political and economic dividends from Libya's new rulers for his country's help in their struggle to end Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year grip on power.
France and Britain spearheaded the air campaign that ousted Muammar Gaddafi, but Turkey -- which had contracts worth $15 billion in Libya -- backed it reluctantly and was slow to recognize those now leading the oil-rich north African state.
A Turkish ship did play a key role in evacuating civilians from the coastal town of Misrata while it was besieged by Gaddafi forces, and Ankara has recently been vocal in supporting the NTC and provided it with $300 million in cash, loans and other aid.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron were told their support may be repaid in business contracts with the oil-rich North African state.
Turkish companies with business in Libya are hoping the Council will honor pending payments once assets are unfrozen, and Energy Minister Taner Yıldız has said he wants state-owned oil and gas exploration company TPAO to resume oil exploration and production work in Libya if security is established.
That depends to a large extent on the fate of Gaddafi who, wanted by the International Criminal Court, is rumored to be hiding in one of the loyalist strongholds.
In Benghazi, seat of the uprising which early intervention by French and British jets helped to save from Gaddafi's army in March, Sarkozy and Cameron were treated to a rowdy welcome on Thursday, shouting over a cheering crowd.
"It's great to be here in free Benghazi and in free Libya," said Cameron as he strained to be heard above the chants in scenes from the former rebel stronghold televised live across the globe.
The French president, struggling for re-election next year, beamed at grateful chants of "One, two, three; Merci Sarkozy!" while the two leaders, flanking NTC chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil, held his arms aloft like a victorious boxer.
"France, Great Britain, Europe, will always stand by the side of the Libyan people," said Sarkozy, whom many Libyans credit with making a decisive gamble, pulling in a hesitant United States and securing UN backing for NATO air strikes to halt Gaddafi's tanks as they closed in to crush Benghazi.
Although Sarkozy denied talk among Arabs of "under the table deals for Libya's riches", Jalil said key allies could expect preferential treatment in return for their help in ending Gaddafi's rule.
"As a faithful Muslim people," he told reporters in Tripoli, "we will appreciate these efforts and they will have priority within a framework of transparency."
Erdoğan, who has visited Egypt and Tunisia this week, has been holding up Turkey's blend of Islam and democracy as a model for the movements that have toppled longtime Arab rulers in Tunis, Cairo and Tripoli.
He has already won plaudits from Libya's new rulers.
"We expect the world community to follow the wonderful support of Turkey, its leading role and effort. Turkey has done an amazing job," Aref al-Nayed, Libyan ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, told a recent Libya Contact Group meeting in Istanbul.
Other states which did business with Gaddafi, notably China and Russia, have been concerned that their lukewarm attitude to the NTC may cost them economically. While Jalil stressed a desire to allocate contracts on the best terms for Libya, and to honor existing contracts, he said some could be reviewed.
16 September 2011, Friday / REUTERS, TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the autocratic regime in Syria will collapse just like those in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya.
“Those who inflict repression on their own people in Syria will not survive. The time of autocracies is over. Totalitarian regimes are going away. The rule of the people is coming,” Erdoğan said as he addressed a cheering Libyan crowd on Friday. The Turkish prime minister called on Libyans to unite in the aftermath of the Muammar Gaddafi era.
"You are the ones who showed the whole world that no administration can stand in the way of the might and will of the people," he told the crowd in Tripoli's newly named Martyrs Square, formerly known as Green Square.
Erdoğan traveled to Libya as part of a tour of the Arab world that is aimed at offering help for the countries involved and advancing his growing status as a regional leader. Erdoğan was welcomed at the airport by Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) Chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil, NTC Deputy Chairman Mahmoud Jibril, Turkish Ambassador to Libya Ali Kemal Aydin, as well as some Turkish businessmen and Turkish citizens living in Libya.
Turkish Deputy Premier Bekir Bozdağ, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, Transportation Minister Binali Yıldırım, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yıldız, Economy Minister Zafer Cağlayan and Defense Minister İsmet Yılmaz also arrived in Tripoli. Erdoğan, on a North African tour to assert Ankara's regional influence, is hoping to reap political and economic dividends from Libya's new rulers for his country's help in their struggle to end Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year grip on power.
France and Britain spearheaded the air campaign that ousted Muammar Gaddafi, but Turkey -- which had contracts worth $15 billion in Libya -- backed it reluctantly and was slow to recognize those now leading the oil-rich north African state.
A Turkish ship did play a key role in evacuating civilians from the coastal town of Misrata while it was besieged by Gaddafi forces, and Ankara has recently been vocal in supporting the NTC and provided it with $300 million in cash, loans and other aid.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron were told their support may be repaid in business contracts with the oil-rich North African state.
Turkish companies with business in Libya are hoping the Council will honor pending payments once assets are unfrozen, and Energy Minister Taner Yıldız has said he wants state-owned oil and gas exploration company TPAO to resume oil exploration and production work in Libya if security is established.
That depends to a large extent on the fate of Gaddafi who, wanted by the International Criminal Court, is rumored to be hiding in one of the loyalist strongholds.
In Benghazi, seat of the uprising which early intervention by French and British jets helped to save from Gaddafi's army in March, Sarkozy and Cameron were treated to a rowdy welcome on Thursday, shouting over a cheering crowd.
"It's great to be here in free Benghazi and in free Libya," said Cameron as he strained to be heard above the chants in scenes from the former rebel stronghold televised live across the globe.
The French president, struggling for re-election next year, beamed at grateful chants of "One, two, three; Merci Sarkozy!" while the two leaders, flanking NTC chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil, held his arms aloft like a victorious boxer.
"France, Great Britain, Europe, will always stand by the side of the Libyan people," said Sarkozy, whom many Libyans credit with making a decisive gamble, pulling in a hesitant United States and securing UN backing for NATO air strikes to halt Gaddafi's tanks as they closed in to crush Benghazi.
Although Sarkozy denied talk among Arabs of "under the table deals for Libya's riches", Jalil said key allies could expect preferential treatment in return for their help in ending Gaddafi's rule.
"As a faithful Muslim people," he told reporters in Tripoli, "we will appreciate these efforts and they will have priority within a framework of transparency."
Erdoğan, who has visited Egypt and Tunisia this week, has been holding up Turkey's blend of Islam and democracy as a model for the movements that have toppled longtime Arab rulers in Tunis, Cairo and Tripoli.
He has already won plaudits from Libya's new rulers.
"We expect the world community to follow the wonderful support of Turkey, its leading role and effort. Turkey has done an amazing job," Aref al-Nayed, Libyan ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, told a recent Libya Contact Group meeting in Istanbul.
Other states which did business with Gaddafi, notably China and Russia, have been concerned that their lukewarm attitude to the NTC may cost them economically. While Jalil stressed a desire to allocate contracts on the best terms for Libya, and to honor existing contracts, he said some could be reviewed.
16 September 2011, Friday / REUTERS, TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI
erka3 le rabek?!?!?! even if this child is a rebel, a shabe7, or what ever it does not justify how in human these soliders are. and if they r soooo macho as they like to appear its better they show it to who deserves it not a child or there own people!!
and long are gone the days where presidents are living gods... erka3 le rebak :sick:
and long are gone the days where presidents are living gods... erka3 le rebak :sick:
The latest death toll for Friday was 43. But it is definitely not the final one as killing continues even until this moments in some cities and towns.
Those who were killed on Friday were from:
Homs city 5
Hamah villages 10
Idlib city and its villages 17
Damascus villages 4
Daraa villages 6
Dair Al-Zur city 1
Those who were killed on Friday were from:
Homs city 5
Hamah villages 10
Idlib city and its villages 17
Damascus villages 4
Daraa villages 6
Dair Al-Zur city 1
