This incisive article was written prior to the latest timely terrorist attack in Ankara, which resulted in 28 dead and 61 wounded. President Erdogan has vowed to retaliate. “Turkey will not shy away from using its right to self-defence at any time, any place or any occasion,” Turkey has been hit by a series of attacks in recent months, …
Juan Cole – Turkey’s New “War on Terror” Mainly Targeting Kurds
What was at first announced as a new Turkish turn toward attacks on Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) on Friday has quickly become largely a campaign against Kurds instead. It is being alleged that the Turkish Air Force launched dozens of strikes against bases of the Kurdistan Workers Party over the border in Iraq on Saturday, and just 4 against Daesh positions …