Turkey’s slippery slope to Syria

A car bomb at the heart of Ankara on the 17 February 2016 dragged Turkey further into the Syrian war, making it harder to disentangle the changing map on the northern Syrian front from the refugee crisis and Turkey’s own domestic Kurdish issue.

With the beginning of a full-fledged insurgency inside Turkey and military posturing on the Syrian border, Turkish-Kurdish enmity is becoming the single most significant dynamic defining the near-term political fortunes of Turkey.

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ESO: Background information: Ankara terrorist attack prevents Davutoglu from attending Brussels mini-summit http://www.europeansources.info/record/ankara-terrorist-attack-prevents-davutoglu-from-attending-brussels-mini-summit/

ESO: Background information: Turkey urged to stop assaults on Kurdish militias in Syria http://www.europeansources.info/record/turkey-urged-to-stop-assaults-on-kurdish-militias-in-syria/

ESO: Background information: EU pleads with Turkey to accept refugees fleeing Aleppo offensive http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-pleads-with-turkey-to-accept-refugees-fleeing-aleppo-offensive/

Today's Zaman, 26.02.16: Kurds feel trapped between state and PKK, make plea for peace http://www.todayszaman.com/national_kurds-feel-trapped-between-state-and-pkk-make-plea-for-peace_413451.html

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