On Friday , as the Obama administration was still mulling the possibility of a strike against the al-Assad regime , Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told journalists `` a limited intervention will not satisfy us . '' Demonstrators at annual anti - war rallies chant ` ` down with the government '' Turkey 's prime minister wants a U.S. attack on Syria that will bring down the government . PM Erdogan 's opposition to Syria 's al - Assad regime has been divisive in Turkey .
Demonstrators at annual anti - war rallies chant ` ` down with the government '' Turkey 's prime minister wants a U.S. attack on Syria that will bring down the government . PM Erdogan 's opposition to Syria 's al - Assad regime has been divisive in Turkey .