ANKARA

Turkey will not be able to bear the burden of another refugee influx alone, the country’s ruling party spokesman said on Monday.

“We have the information of another refugee influx from there [Syria’s northwestern Idlib province]. From now on, Turkey cannot bear this refugee influx by itself,” Omer Celik told a press conference following the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s central executive committee in the capital Ankara.

“We clearly say that the refugee issue will become the matter of Turkey’s allies rather than an issue of Turkey alone,” Celik said, reiterating the stance of Turkish President Recep Tayyip

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