The leader of the Syrian Reform Party (SRF) Ghadry which opposes the Baath regime in Syria under the leadership of Bashad Asad, from the U.S., claimed that the visit of President Ahmet Necdet Sezer to Syria would mean indirect support to dictatorship.
Ghadry said that they launched efforts to overthrow the regime in Syria without military intervention, but by a movement within the country that would be supported by the foreign powers.