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A slim majority of Turks sees Assad dynasty's fall as positive
13 December 2024 14:18 GMT
A recent poll conducted in Turkey has revealed that a majority of the public in the country is satisfied with the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
Just over 51 percent of respondents said they were satisfied with the collapse of the Assad dynasty, while 27 percent expressed neutrality on the matter.
The poll was carried out by Stracom, a research and consultancy firm, between December 8 and 11.
Since the start of the Syrian civil war, the Turkish government, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been a key backer of the the Syrian opposition, which spent close to 14 years trying to depose Assad.
In contrast, the Turkish opposition has periodically urged the president to engage with Assad to resolve the Syrian crisis.
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