Turkey has no plans to intervene militarily in Syria anytime soon, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, refuting media speculation about an imminent operation to create a buffer zone along the Turkish-Syrian border.
"No one should expect that Turkey will go into Syria tomorrow or in the near future. It's speculation," Davutoglu told the private Kanal 7 broadcaster in an interview late Thursday.
While Turkey would "not wait" to act in Syria "in the event of a threat to domestic security" Davutoglu said a unilateral intervention was "out of the question" under the current conditions.
"We will never allow ourselves to be led down that road," he said. "Our people can rest easy."