Turkish President says he has ’lost confidence’ in Syrian leadership

The international pressure on Syria seemed to continue on Sunday as Turkish President said his country has ‘lost confidence’ in the Syrian leadership…

The Anatolia news agency quoted Turkish President Abdullah Gul as saying on Sunday that the situation in Syria has reached a level that everything is too little, too late.

"We lost our confidence," Gul told Anatolia in an interview to mark his fourth year in office. "We are really very sad. Incidents are said to be 'finished' and then another 17 people are dead," Gul said. "Everyone should know that we are with the Syrian people ... What is fundamental is the people," he went on to say.

"Today in the world there is no place for authoritarian administrations, one-party rule, closed regimes. Those either will be replaced by force, or the governors of states will take the initiative to administer," he claimed.

Earlier this month Gul appealed to Syrian President Bashar Assad not to leave reforms until it was too late.