Report: Turkey Would Consider Assad Family Asylum Request
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Turkey would consider giving asylum to Syrian President Bashar Assad's family if such a request is made, President Abdullah Gul was quoted as saying by daily Radikal on Thursday.
"There is no such thing right now," said Gul, when asked about Turkey's answer to a possible asylum request from Assad's family.
"It would of course be considered if such a request were made."
Syria's lethal response to protests that erupted in mid-March has left more than 5,400 people dead since mid-March, according to figures from the U.N.
The ongoing violence has fed increasing international anger at the regime in Damascus and Turkey, together with the Arab League, spearheaded regional condemnation of the Syrian leadership.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has also urged his one-time friend Assad to quit.
02 February 2012, 17:27
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Bashar should consider it if he does not want to swing from a rope. He tried to get his family out already. No doubt they will be in Turkey soon.
02 February 2012, 19:23
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and god knows that's a family that needs to be put in an asylum.
02 February 2012, 22:49
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Imagine Bashar and his family do indeed go to Turkey and Turkey decided to turn them over to the International tribunal... but knowing that Bashar is not smart he'll b swinging from a rope by summer..
