Turkey’s unwinnable war
Things are looking far from stable in the most stable country in the region. And the world ignores it.
By
Asli Aydintasbas
1/5/16, 5:30 AM CET
ISTANBUL — If 2016 is anything like the year that just passed, we are in for real trouble.
Beneath the world’s radar, a serious insurgency has been simmering in Turkey’s Kurdish regions for months. Urban clashes, with three or four casualties each time, are a daily occurrence. Youth groups affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) are controlling parts of major Kurdish cities, fighting government forces for greater autonomy. And the Turkish government is responding with a harsh military crackdown that not only targets the militia but ends up affecting civilians.
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