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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Worry over PKK, Kurds shape Turkey's Syria policy (SETimes.com)

"Worry over PKK, Kurds shape Turkey's Syria policy

22/06/2011

Turkish policy unravels in Syria amid fears of further chaos, sectarian violence, and refugee flows.

By Aaron Stein for Southeast European Times in Istanbul – 22/06/11

Ankara's partnership with Damascus is crumbling in the wake of Syria's uprising and brutal government crackdown. Since events spiraled out of control, one of the major looming issues for Turkish security planners is how the chaos, and the threat of Syrian collapse, will impact Turkey's domestic Kurdish problem and the fight against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)."

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