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Turkey fishes in troubled waters | GulfNews.com

Turkey fishes in troubled waters

In Erdogan’s mind, consensus means adding Kurdish forces to the EU list of terrorist organisations
By Fehim Tastekin

Opportunism may be one of the accepted facts of life in foreign policy, but that doesn’t mean it’s a good thing. The Turkish government is busy right now trying to make the most of two pieces of the Syrian crisis that have come to the fore: The recent flood of refugees to Europe, and the Daesh (the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) attacks in Paris. They are both likely to backfire.

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