Why Turkey Will Let Iraqi Kurds, But Not Turkish Kurds, Fight Extremists In Syria
Posted: 10/20/2014 7:47 pm EDT Updated: 8 minutes ago
ISTANBUL -- For weeks, Turkey has barred Turkish Kurds from crossing the border into Syria to defend their ethnic fellows in Kobani against the Islamic State’s wrath. As the predominantly Kurdish town burns within eyeshot, Kurdish rage has prompted mass protests across Turkey and threats of reignited war with the Turkish state.
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