[AlAhram] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
’s preparations for a further military campaign in northern Syria are intended to shore up President Erdogan’s popularity at home.
As the Ottoman Turkish army and the Syrian militia factions under its command complete preparations for another military campaign in northern Syria, Ankara’s determination to re-escalate the conflict in the area has raised widespread concerns regionally and internationally. The new Ottoman Turkish intervention in northern Syria is integrally related to Turkey’s recalcitrant Kurdish question, as Ankara claims that the predominantly Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria are affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which Turkey has designated a terrorist organization. |