Turski premijer Recep Tayyip Erdogan pozvao je Assadov režim da pokaže uzdržanost, dok je turski ministar vanjskih poslova Ahmet Davutoglu pozvao na reformu putem "šok-terapije", suočen sa sve većim protestima protiv režima u kojima je od sredine marta poginulo preko 1.000 ljudi.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the Assad regime to show restraint, while Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has called for reform through "shock therapy", in the face of growing anti-regime protests that have claimed over 1,000 lives since mid-March.