Protests erupted in Istanbul and Diyarbakir today as Turkey continued its military offensive against Kurdish towns in the nation’s southeast, with security officials putting the death toll at 110 Kurds killed in the last six days.
The war against the Kurdish PKK has brought a growing amount of Turkish military force against towns in the southeast, with some of the towns under full curfew, cut off from electricity, and with locals reporting less and less food and water available within.
Turkish President Erdogan has vowed to “cleanse” Turkey of PKK rebels in the growing crackdown, and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu vowed today that Turkey would not get “tired” of waging war against the towns.
The war is dividing the country in an ever-growing way, however, with even the opposition HDP calling for open “resistance” to the Erdogan government. The government may remain eager to escalate the crackdown, but they are fueling growing opposition with the way they are carrying it out.
What a piece of work. Get Turkey out of NATO and may it never get anywhere near EU membership.
Having lived in the M/E for 27 years and married to an Armenian, naturally I don't respect Turkey. PKK and other Kurd organizations are the only one fighting IS. Given that Turkey has provided unlimited trade, supplies, etc. to IS
This is the real motive pushing Turkey in its new compromise with Israel. It isn't primarily gas supplies, as it is being sold. Turkey has plenty, and Israel does not have that much on this scale.
Once AIPAC is told that Turkey is on side, the Kurds will be fair game and the Armenian Genocide will again disappear.
The Kurds had best be warned. Israel helped Turkey against the Kurds and Armenians back in the day, before the feuding between Erdogan and Netanyahu.