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What drives Turkey's new Syria stance? A fear of two Kurdistans – Global Public Square - CNN.com Blogs

What drives Turkey's new Syria stance? A fear of two Kurdistans

Editor's Note: Soner Cagaptay is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a GPS contributor. You can find all his blog posts here. The views expressed in this article are solely those of Soner Cagaptay.

By Soner Cagaptay, Special to CNN

When the Syrian uprising began last spring, Turkey initially stayed behind Washington. It shied away from criticizing the regime of Bashar al-Assad, instead asking al-Assad to reform.

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