“Neither the Turkish state nor PKK can win by military means”.
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Turkey has no diplomatic relations with Armenia after they are frozen due to the dispute over the massacres from 1915 of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, which Yerevan regards as genocide, a term Ankara vehemently rejects.
The group described Asik on its website as a “revolutionary” fighting American oppression and vowed to maintain its struggle until Turkey is “cleared” of all U.S. bases on its territory. And they’re skeptical about Turkey’s stepping up its campaign against the Islamic State. I would say that now with these actions that Turkey has taken, because Turkey was the initiator of that process, it will reproduce itself. Turkish and U.S. officials explained the delay by saying their countries were still working out the details of joint air operations. Erdogan however said Turkey will continue a relentless war until there is not one Kurdish terrorist left in the country.
Meanwhile, America’s signaling of support for Ankara over its PKK offensive is exposing Turkey to revenge attacks. “People have the right to ask why should the Kurdistan region become a battleground and their lives and peace be disrupted”.
Turkey has recently started taking a more active role against ISIL militants.
The Turkish army announced on Wednesday that it is classifying areas in the south-eastern state of Hakkari as “closed military zones” for a period of 14 days. At least nine people were killed in a wave of attacks on Turkish security forces on Monday, some of those in the southeast. Turkey is staunch ally of the United States. “Our folks are very eager to put it to the test”.
Since then, the U.S. has been able to do little to contain Turkish airstrikes. There are U.S. forces in the area who are training Kurdish Peshmerga.
However, we have to make a distinction between the Kurdish military forces and also the PKK. It also called for a focus on attacks that “damage the enemy” rather than just sacrificing the fighter. “ISIS is more active in Syria, and is therefore less urgent now”.
The rising internal violence could complicate U.S. efforts to coordinate more closely with Ankara to weaken Islamic State in nearby Syria and Iraq.
A senior defense official told Fox News that another reason the Turks want to keep Kurdish fighters outside of the 68-mile border is to prevent the Kurds from potentially selling their oil on the open market from ports along the Mediterranean.
“There is a political convenience in Turkey escalating violence against the PKK in that you can pressure HDP into having to pick a side”, says Erik Meyersson, an assistant professor at the Stockholm School of Economics.
Yes, there is Kurdish resistance movement, which is fighting for autonomy, independence.
The Dogan news agency said the injured woman was aged 51 and had served prison time for being a suspected member of the DHKP-C. “Only this week, 23 foreigners suspected of trying to join ISIS in Syria were caught” near the border.
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Information for this article was contributed by Berza Simsek of The Associated Press.
