Turkish-Syrian relations: The Erdoğan legacy

In Zaman, here

"...The Syrians are making a lot of investments in Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, viewing him as a man who can bring peace to the region and help Syria re-enter the international community. The Syrians are evidently willing to go to great lengths to please the Turkish leader, as they demonstrated by opening channels with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) despite public outcry from Europe and the Greek Cypriots...... On almost every issue, Syria stands closer to Turkey than to Iran......whether it is Barack Obama or John McCain, any US president will need at least ten months to get America’s domestic house in order and fill all the executive posts in the administration that would be able to endorse and implement a Syrian-Israeli peace deal. That means another year-in-waiting for the Turks, the Syrians, and the Israelis. During this time, a disgruntled Iran could drown any prospects for Middle East peace, through proxies like Hamas or Hizbullah. This is what happened in the mid-1990s, when triple attacks in Hebron changed the mood in Israel and brought down the Syrian-Israeli peace talks..."