Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday welcomed imperialist powers strikes on Syria, saying that the operation sent a message to Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad.
"We consider this operation as appropriate," Erdoğan told a meeting of his ruling party in İstanbul. "The regime has seen that its mounting attacks in recent days against dissidents... will not be left unanswered."
The United States, Britain and France carried out a wave of pre-dawn strikes against Syria.
Erdoğan said he had a "sleepless night" as he monitored all the developments.
Erdoğan, who had a telephone conversation with British Prime Minister Theresa May following the strikes, said he would also speak with French President Emmanuel Macron.
"We are also in contact with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and we'll have talks with him and the US side tomorrow," Erdoğan added.
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ said the strikes had not been launched via Turkey's southern Incirlik air base.
"Turkey was informed ahead of the attack," he wrote on Twitter. "The İncirlik base was not used in the attack."
