Reactions to the 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria

[1] Akşener, Kılıçdaroğlu, and Bahçeli were directly informed of the operation by Turkish President Recep Erdoğan immediately after its launch.

[2] On 14 October, Turkish Minister of National Defence Hulusi Akar visited the opposition parties and informed them about the ongoing operation.

"[5] Meanwhile, on 15 October Good Party leader Meral Akşener urged the government to make peace with Syria through dialogue with Bashar al-Assad.

"[8] The Turkish lira weakened to 5.88 against dollar on 10 October as investors fretted about negative international reaction to the offensive.

[150] Although on 15 October, Turkish lira raised against dollar and BIST100 gained 1.71% after Trump administration announced sanctions on Turkey.