Thursday, December 01, 2016

Why Aleppo’s fall will be a game-changer for Turkey

Why Aleppo’s fall will be a game-changer for Turkey

Soon after the insurgency in Syria got underway, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed his sensitivity about Aleppo for the first time. Around midnight on March 29, 2011, we were on board his aircraft flying back to Turkey from his visit to Iraq. Erdogan had made history as the first Turkish prime minister to pay an official visit to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

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