Erdoğan also insisted repeatedly in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday that there could be no solution to Syria's conflict while the Assad regime remains in power.
"Assad is not the address for a prospective solution in Syria," Erdoğan said at the presidential complex in the Turkish capital. "Syria should be liberated from Assad so that a solution could emerge."
Erdoğan also hinted at a softening of Russia's support for Assad. Russian President Vladimir Putin, he said, told him: "'Erdoğan, don't get me wrong. I'm not an advocate for Assad, I'm not his lawyer'. That's what he said. Putin told me this".
