Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Turkish War Planes Bomb PKK Positions Near Iraq.

This event would damage the Turkish authority in both the domestic as well as international arena. When it comes to the international arena, by such a move, the Turkish authority shows that its first and important enemy is PKK rather than ISIS. The combination of this event, releasing 49 Turkish diplomats by ISIS along with the refusal of Turkey to help the trapped people in Kobane lead us to a perception that it might be a close relationship between ISIS and the Turkish authority behind the scene. This is an important development, which should neither be ignored nor underestimated by other members of the coalition.

In domestic arena, such a military move would intensify the tension between the kurds and the Turkish authority. This event, as a result, would inevitably deteriorate the shaky peace process between PKK and the Turkish government.

Instead of such a military move, Turkey could facilitate an opportunity for its kurdish citizens to help the people in Kobane. By such a move, the Turkish government could ease the tension with PKK in the one hand, and would increase its popularity among the Kurdish people not only within Turkey but also in the whole region on the other hand. This issue could increase the chance of a permanent peace agreement with PKK and put an end to more than thirty years war with the Kurdish rebels. Such a move, could also help the President Erdogan in performing his reforms in the domestic arena.

As it appears, however, the Turkish authority has decided to focus on its domestic short term goal rather than its long term domestic as well as international goals.



M. Sirani                           14.10.2014


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