Syria was never difficult, Turkey should have kept open relations with all sides until Turkey could have made a decisive difference. Instead they did they dumbest thing possible, they went all in with the Americans. But then again ak party and feto were one and the same thing back then. No wonder erdogan took us in a direction that benefited greater middle east.
Every time Turkey wanted to enter syria the americans threatened Turkey not to enter and erdogan backed down. As the years passed Russia seeing how cowardly erdogan behaved took the initiative and imbedded herself within syria, once Russia entered the fray the americans embedded themselves on the eastern side of the river.
So erdogan didnt have the balls or drive to enter when it was easy, now he's expecting to enter when Russia and America are there both against Turkey, both supporting the sides that are against Turkey.
Dumb politics, really dumb.
Had you kept all options open you could have gone in any direction you wanted and no one could have played you around, instead the americans dragged you out deep into the ocean with lies and deceptions only to let go of you. 10 years in, billions in costs, millions of refugees, thousands of terrorist attacks later, hundreds of soldiers dying and here we are begging the enemies to enter syria to solve the problem.
The syrian fiasco allowed the corrupt international media including Russia to demonise you over support for jihadis, as well as creating a false/fake narrative over the criminal pkk network, shown as heroes to the world.
Turkey supports and protect the most syrians on earth, instead she got to be portrayed as the evil entity of the region. absolute brainless clowns in charge of Turkiye.
We had to intervene once isis and ypg was growing. But instead we beated around the push too long this what happens when you trust the words of the american, europeans and the russians.