Erdogan calls for full implementation of Syria unity deal with YPG-led SDF
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during "the "Brotherhood Iftar with Palestinians" event held at Bestepe National Exhibition Hall in Ankara, Türkiye on March 11, 2025. (AA Photo)
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called for the full implementation of Monday’s agreement to ensure Syria’s unity, stating that “the winners will be Syrians.”
At an Iftar (fast breaking meal) event at the presidential complex in Ankara, Erdogan emphasized that Türkiye views every effort to rid Syria of terrorism as a step in the right direction.
On Gaza, Erdogan said that Ankara’s eternal brotherhood with Palestine cannot be hindered, adding that the country will continue to stand by the Palestinian people.
Stating that Israel’s massacres in Gaza over the past 471 days have been etched into human history as “a stain of shame,” Erdogan reiterated that it is “impossible” to talk about a just and lasting solution without establishing free Palestine, based on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
On Monday, the Syrian Presidency announced the signing of an agreement between Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Ferhad Abdi Sahin, one of the ringleaders of the YPG/PKK terrorist group and the so-called commander of the SDF, stressing the unity of Syrian territory and rejecting division.
The agreement envisions the integration of Syrian Arab Republic institutions and affirms territorial unity while rejecting any form of division, said the presidency on X.
It highlighted that “the participation and representation of Syrians in political processes and state institutions based on merit, regardless of their religious and ethnic backgrounds, is guaranteed.”
It also underlined that “the Kurdish community is an integral component of the Syrian state, and the Syrian state guarantees citizenship rights and all constitutional rights.”
