Turkish Press Review

ANKARA (A.A) - November 15, 2011 - Turkish dailies mostly covered in their Tuesday issues the tension between Turkey and Syria and Van Governor Munir Karaloglu's call to Turkey to extend urgent food and clothing assistance after two major earthquakes hit the province in only two weeks. Commenting on the attacks staged against Turkish missions in Syria on Saturday, Hurriyet, Cumhuriyet and Zaman dailies emphasized that Turkey was making preparations to withdraw its ambassador from Damascus if the Syrian authorities did not take the necessary measures to protect Turkish diplomats. Cumhuriyet daily underlined that Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Mualem apologized to Turkey on Monday over the attack staged on Turkish missions in Syria. Turkiye daily said that Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu issued a strong warning to Syria and quoted him as saying "Turkey is by the people of Syria". Dailies also highlighted Van Governor Munir Karaloglu's call to Turkey to extend urgent food and clothing assistance after two major earthquakes hit the province in only two weeks. Vatan daily quoted Karaloglu as saying "the two earthquakes devastated our province. Van has become a ghost town where money has no meaning. We urgently need food items". Turkiye daily quoted Karaloglu as saying "Van was destroyed by the two earthquakes. And now we face extreme cold weather. We are out of assistance materials. Aid to Van must continue. We urgently need winter clothing and packed food items".