Turkey’s government has been talking about invading Syria to create a “buffer zone” for refugees since the middle of 2011, but those plans may have to come under additional scrutiny now, following comments by a top PKK commander.
The commander, Murat Karayllan, announced that “if the Turkish state intervenes against our people in western Kurdistan, all of Kurdistan will turn into a war zone.” The PKK and Turkey have been fighting a war off and on for decades, and the prospect of a “humanitarian buffer zone” in Syria turning into another theater of their war with the PKK will change its entire character.
The PKK is one of several groups aiming to establish an autonomous, if not entirely independent Kurdistan, and feels that the fall of Assad to the Turkish-backed Syrian National Council (SNC) faction would undermine Kurdish separatist ambitions in Syria.
Many have seen Turkey’s entire pro-active backing of the SNC and Free Syrian Army (FSA), and their sudden lack of interest in long-time ally Assad, as a cynical effort to establish a regime that would give them greater control over the Syrian portion of Kurdistan. Between the PKK’s threats and reports that the Iraqi Kurdistan factions are exerting growing influence in the current system, however, it seems to have become a disastrous failure.
Good news. It’s time someone showed Turkey to mind its own damn business.
PKK and Turkey remind me of wild dogs and hyenas fighting over a fawn (Syria).
Turkey has shown that it has the heart of a serpent and a modern Cain who is willing to betray its brother.
Turkey is yet another puppet regime acting on behalf of EU and NATO militarism regime, Turkey and its regime is as brutal as any other dictatorial regime can be, with a difference in being opportunistic as well, the wealth that Turkey is talking about is from Saudi and UAE investors, Turkey belongs to them not the Turkish people, Turkey would be bankrupt if they didn’t cooperate with these feudalistic regimes. Turkey wants to become a permanent member of European Union and regime would do anything for that, as well as cooperating with Israel the only Apartheid regime in the world.