Turkish opposition leader says Erdoğan, Assad carbon copies![]() September 10, 2012 - 12:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan follows the same policies as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said at his party meeting in Ankara, Hurriyet Daily News reported. “The policies that [Erdoğan] follows serve the al-Qaeda militants and the PKK terror organizations’ objectives in Syria,” Kılıçdaroğlu said. “Erdoğan does in Turkey what al-Assad does in his country. He limits freedom, censors the media, gives orders to the judiciary, puts opponents in prison, and uses the security forces against the public. Al-Assad and Erdoğan are carbon copies,” he said. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |