Turkey will shift focus to Kurdish guerrillas in Iraq

Erdogan’s drive to crush Kurdish nationalists has driven them to seek Russian and Syrian protection

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  • Success until now
  • Repression of Kurdish politicians
  • Striking PKK outside Turkey
  • Iran and Iraq
  • Syria
  • Embarrassment for Erdogan?
  • Growing Kurdish role in Turkey
  • Strong anti-Kurdish sentiment

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