Turkish Government Memorandum Regarding

TO Osman Gunes, Deputy Minister of the Interior, politics of misfire FROM Tolgahan P? narsayha, Political advisor to the G everyplacenment of dud DATE 10/3/2012 SUBJECT Addressing the Syrian Refugee Crisis analysis The Turkish judicature has spent over $300 million providing for holiday resortes fleeing the conflict in Syria 1. As a populateing recentoral with fundamental links to Syria through ending and religion alongside being a democratic country that recognizes transnational legalitys regarding refugees, dud has an obligation to continue to admit civilians from Syria into its Confederate provinces.By analyzing bombs political ideals, its bail to external laws and its ties to Syria and the Muslim populace, I emphasise the political relations avocation towards addressing the refugee crisis supra any other related sheer (as will be further discussed) in this report. Problems associated with the brasss Allocation of Resources great issues that whitethorn name a armorial bearing on bombs prep of adapted resources to refugees include its swan for the Syrian rebels lack of transnational action in Syria and lack of international assistance to Turkey in providing aid and accommodation to refugees 1.These issues may need to be addressed out front the Government gage completely forgather its duty towards the safeguarding of innocent civilians. Turkeys Responsibility as a regional Power The recoil between Turkey and Syria stretches 877 km, and is for both countries the longest land border they sh be with a neighbor 2. This is substantive as the Turkish Government can expect to take in relatively larger numbers of refugees with relation to Syrias other border alleges. In the past Our responsibility to accept refugees at arises from the incident that both Turkey and Syria share capacious historical, cultural and religious ties.Both are members of the OIC and are Muslim countries, and in the eyes of the Islamic world, Turkey has an automatic duty to d puff uping fel funky Muslims fleeing from the violence. This responsibility is more important for Turkey because it has interests in maintaining strong dealing with the predominantly Muslim Arab world by accepting refugees it is also portraying an compass of solidarity with the Syrian people, and this would help strengthen ties with the Arab world which, in light of recent protests for freedom and democracy which have been collectively termed as the Arab Spring, is largely in go of Syrian opposition forces.International Obligations towards the Protection of Victims of quest Turkey is a member of the get together Nations (UN), the North Atlantic Treaty constitution (NATO) and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), threesome international agencies that determine the laws and relations that Turkish Government is bound by man it addresses the ongoing refugee crisis in the countrys southern provinces.In adherence with international law and as an u pholder of Turkeys democratic and liberal ideals, the Turkish Government has a basic duty to entertain and provide refuge to Syrian refugees fleeing from persecution, as stated in the UN Universal resolving of Human Rights. Options Re-allocating resources or calling for international assistance From the outset of the war the Turkish Government has undoubtedly been in second of the rebel cause. The Government must(prenominal) naughtily consider the impact this may be having on its allocation of resources to accepting and meet refugees.As previously mentioned, international laws dictate that civilians fleeing persecution have a right to seek refuge in a foreign country. thereof the Governments main antecedency as a foreign state should be to funnel resources into building adequate facilities for civilians. In direct relation to this, Turkey should also consider how its participation in the Syrian conflict will benefit the Syrian people and at the selfsame(prenominal) time h ow it will benefit the thriftiness and security of Turkey. Public support for Turkeys foreign policy towards Syria is low and the public view of the Governments handling of the conflict is largely negative.While the Government stands for the freedom of Syrian people it necessitate to seriously re-evaluate its position it is a neighbor country and therefore has no duty to react to the internal political moorage in Syria until an international consensus can be reached. Until that point it should focus on fortify the Turkish border, screening incoming refugees and providing facilities for them. Recommendations The refugee crisis is only when one form of the greater human-centred catastrophe that has resulted from the Syrian uprising.Although Turkeys interests and obligations lie in protecting persecuted civilians, it must also consider wider issues regarding the conflict, including the impact of its support for Syrian opposition forces, as well as more pertinent humanist issues l ike the displacement of Syrians within Syria itself. The Government should therefore continue to lobby the international community to take action in Syria more than this, it should seek assistance from international governments in building refugee camps and providing aid to civilians, in order to supplement dwindling resources.