ANKARA, December 10. /TASS/. Syria has entered a new era now that the rule of President Bashar Assad has ended, and chaos and a power imbalance are in store for it, Burak Kuntay, a columnist for Dunya, argued.
He views the developments in Syria as a "pivotal point" that "put an end to 61 years of the regime of the Ba’ath party and 50 years of the Assad family rule." "It is becoming hard to predict how the situation will unfold" and there is a risk that "the country will be engulfed in chaos and a fierce struggle for power" between groups and organizations who were "enemies of Assad, who is now gone," Kuntay said. Now they "will form alliances in pursuit of their interests beyond Assad and his regime," he continued.
The interests of other players, too, give a new dimension to the situation in Syria, Kuntay explained. "There are many countries that will pursue a policy in Syria based on their interests," he maintained. This, he warned, would cause "a mess and may trigger a diplomatic war."
Meanwhile, Adbulkadir Selvi, a Hurriyet columnist, believes that soon after a transition government is formed in Syria, "a roadmap will be created, and work on a new Constitution will be started, with a census and a free election taking place."
Commenting on Turkey’s role in the Syrian developments, Selvi said: "Turkey contributed to removing the Assad regime from Syria and became the architect of reform" in the Arab republic. "Standing by Syria" and becoming "the main actor in building a new country" will now be key for Ankara, he insists. Otherwise, "if the situation in Syria worsens beyond its current state, Turkey will pay the highest price," he concluded.