Ahmet Davutoglu’s remarks during asit-down with CNN Internationalcame in his firsttelevisioninterview since his Justice and Development (AK) Party won an outright majority in Nov. 1 parliamentary elections.

Asked whether Turkey would agree to a ground force to fight Daesh Davutoglu said there was a need for "an integrated strategy including air campaign and ground troops".

"But Turkey alone cannot take all this burden. If there is a coalition and a very well-designed integrated strategy Turkey is ready to take part in all sense" he said.

"Otherwise just to make a ground attack against ISIL but continue to have a power vacuum on the ground instead of ISIL another terrorist group may emerge" he added using an alternativeacronym for Daesh. "We have to solve the Syrian crisis in a comprehensive manner."

Syria’s devastating civil war now in its fifth year has claimed more than 250000 lives according to UN figures and created conditions that have allowed Daesh to gain afootholdin the region.

For Turkey to be more involved in the prosecution of Daesh an agreement is needed by the international coalition to fight "all groups and regimescreating this vacuum and creating this problem" said Davutogluincluding the regime of Syrian PresidentBashar al-Assad whose forceshave been accused of killing tens of thousands of civilianswith indiscriminate attacks.

"Many days in a week we are conducting air campaigns against ISIL in the coalition. It is not enough we are observing this" he said reiterating Turkey's call to establish a safe haven "topush ISIL far away from our border".

Davutoglu challenged assertions that the U.S. Europe and Russia have suggested Assad can remain in power for some time.

"The question is when and how Assad will go" he said. "What is [the] solution? ... When one day millions of Syrian refugees decide to go back to Syria assuming that there is a peace in Syria then this is a solution. If Assad stays in power in Damascus I don't think any refugee will go back" he added.

The civil war whichstarted in March 2011whenthe Assad regime responded to anti-government protests witha violentcrackdownmade Syria the world's single-largest source ofrefugees and displaced people.

Nearly 4 million Syrians have becomerefugees and at least 7.6 million have been internally displaced according to UN figures.

Neighboring Turkey is now the world’s largestrefugee-hosting country with more than 2 million Syrian refugees on its soil.

The prime minister also reiterated Turkey's objection toprovidingarms and ammunitionto the armed wing of PYD a Syria-based Kurdish group thatis affiliated with the PKK – a designated terrorist organization by Turkey the U.S. EUand other nations.

He said Turkey would be ready to help if the U.S. chose to arm Iraqi Kurdishpeshmerga fighters.

"Weallowed peshmerga to go through Turkey to Kobani in order to help Kobani to be freed" he said referring to a four-month battle todrive Daesh militants from the northern Syrian town that ended earlier this year.

"If they want to help Barzani and peshmerga groups in Iraq and help them go to Syria to fight against ISIL we are ready to help" he said.

"But everybody must understand today PKK is attacking Turkish citizens civilians soldiers and they are attacking our cities they are attacking our villages they are attacking our civilians. We cannot and will not tolerate any help to any PKK-related groups in Syria and or Iraq.If that happens Turkey will takeall the measures to stop this."

Asked about his comments onthe recentRussian plane crash in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula Davutoglu said it was "a bigcrime against humanity".

"This is not an attack against a Russian plane. This is an attack against all of us. Thereforeit shows that if a crisis is not being solved in a particular country or region it is difficult to contain it in other countries as well. Therefore it is right time to act together" he said.