Turkey does not want waging war with Syria, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Friday, TRT Haber TV channel reported.
According to him, Turkey’s main task is to protect its borders against any aggression.
Gul added that the unresolved Syrian crisis led to the fact that radical extremist groups infiltrated in Syria.
“Ankara understands the danger of terror and we are against any terrorist activity in Syria,” Gul added.
On September 16, Turkish Air Force aircrafts shot down a Syrian helicopter which violated the country’s airspace. The MI-17 type helicopter over the border was shot down by missiles from an aircraft which took off at 14:25 from a military base in Malatya.
