"Taj kontakt sad ima stvarnu šansu za razvoj, zbog građanskog rata u Siriji i njegovih mogućih implikacija i na Izrael i na Tursku," izjavio je on za SETimes, tvrdeći da bi Sirija, da su tursko-izraelski odnosi dobri, danas drugačije pristupala svojim odnosima s Turskom.
"This contact now has a real chance to develop because of the Syrian civil war and its possible implications on both Israel and Turkey," he told SETimes, arguing that if Turkish-Israeli relations were good, then Syria would approach its relations with Turkey differently today.