Azerbaijan , Baku, Oct. 5 / Trend , A.Tagiyeva /
Although the UN Security Council did not accept the recently proposed resolution on Syria, Turkey is preparing a package of sanctions against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday in his speech during the tour of the South Africa.
He has condemned President Assad's actions to suppress the Syrian people's demands.
"We were waiting for concrete steps by Assad in conducting reforms, but he did not respond to the people's demand. We call upon relevant organizations to take concrete steps against the Syrian authorities," he said.
The Turkish authorities decided to freeze all assets of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family within the sanctions imposed by Turkey against Assad's regime, CNN Turk TV channel said on Saturday.
Moreover, several people close to Assad's regime will be banned from entering Turkey.
Earlier, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country's "patience has ended" due to developments in Syria, calling on President Bashar al-Assad to stop the violence in the country and resign.
Mass protests in Syria began in mid March in Dera'a, the country's south, then spreading to other regions. According to Syria's Presidential Adviser Bouthaina Shaaban, 1,400 people died. Half of those dead were members of the army and security forces. According to the UN, there are 3,600 people dead.