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Turkish presence has its roots in the siege of Kobanî launched by the Islamic State (IS) on September 13, 2014, to capture the Kobanî Canton and its main city of Kobanî (also known as Kobanê or Ayn al-Arab) in the de facto autonomous region of Rojava, which is a Kurdish region. The Kurdish fighters were trapped in the border town and called Turkey for help. Erdogan ignored the calls. Protest broke out a month later in the Kurdish region on the other side of the Syrian border. Erdogan acted two years later on August 24, 2016, by sending his troops into Syria and called the invasion Operation Euphrates Shield, We publish mainly old material to send a message to those who either don't know the history of the Kurds on both sides of the border, or continue converting their knowledge into falsehood such as that the creation of the YPG, PYG, and PKK is by the CIA, and that these groups are terrorists. The historical fact is that the issue about the Kurds wouldn't exist if the inventor of Turkey, Kamal Ataturk, had respected the semi-autonomy that the Ottoman sultans had given to the Kurds. These people should have remained to have the given status. But he said that he wanted a country for all Turks, thus disregarding that the Kurds are not Turkish people. It should be noted that Syria was part of the Ottoman Empire and that Erdogan is a staunch admirer of the Sultans while the rulers were not what is called "Islamists." |
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20241223 - news - Turkey's FM meets Syria’s new leader, calls for lifting of global sanctions
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20241224 - news - Kurds Under Threat in Syria as Turkey Launches Attacks & Kills Journalists After Assad Regime Falls
As foreign powers look to shape Syria's political landscape after the toppling of the Assad regime, the country's Kurdish population is in the spotlight. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continues to threaten the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, which Turkey regards as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers' Party militants who have fought an insurgency against the Turkish state for 40 years. Turkey's foreign minister recently traveled to Damascus to meet with Syria's new de facto ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa, the head of the Islamist group HTS. "Turkey is a major threat to Kurds and to democratic experiments that Kurds have been implementing in the region starting in 2014," says Ozlem Goner, steering committee member of the Emergency Committee for Rojava, who details the persecution of Kurds, the targeting of journalists, and which powerful countries are looking to control the region. "Turkey, Israel and the U.S. collectively are trying to carve out this land, and Kurds are under threat."