Did Erdogan accept so many Syrian refugees to boost AKP vote share and reduce secular turkish power?

[Libertas Vel Mors]

Of course. Why else would he be so pro them staying despite public opposition? When even the Kurds are against it, that tells you something about the depth of Turkish opposition to Syrian arrivals. And yet Erdogan grants them citizenship and says that "Our door is wide open to them" and that "[Turkey] will protect up to the end these brothers who fled the war." Does anyone really believe he'd say that if these Syrians were instead Maronites, Armenians, or Alevis?