Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erodgan has said that Turkey has the right to invade Syria in order protect the Turkish state against terrorism. Speaking with the Hurriyet newspaper the Turkish leader said that he won’t rule out the possibility of invading other countries in the Middle East that harbour terrorists. RT.com reports: “Turkey has every right to conduct operations in Syria and the places where terror organizations are nested with regards to the struggle against the threats that Turkey faces,” Erdogan was cited as saying by the Hurriyet newspaper. Ankara’s stance has “absolutely nothing to do with the sovereignty rights of the states that can’t take control of their territorial integrity,” the president insisted. “On the contrary, this has to do with the will Turkey shows to protect its sovereignty rights,” he added. #Turkey has the right to conduct operations in #Syria, elsewhere to combat terror: Erdoğan https://t.co/6R2AdeEWPY pic.twitter.com/vrKiTnrywr — Hürriyet Daily News (@HDNER) February 21, 2016 The Turkish president’s used an unexpected platform to make his hawkish remarks. On Saturday, he was visiting an event celebrating the inclusion of Turkey’s southeastern province of Gaziantep on the list of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network in the gastronomy category. Erdogan warned that his government [...]