Welp, when YPG is tied to PKK, a terrorist group has orchastrated civilian murders, child kidnapping and bombings in Turkey; it’s very reasonable for Turkey to not want them right next to their borders.
Turkey’s problem isn’t with Kurdish civilians; it’s problem is with YPG.
just two weeks ago Turkish-allied, trained and supplied SNA attacked Tal Rifat area, forcibly displacing around 120k Kurdish civilians
this week they also attacked Manbij, population around 100k, that was part of AANES for around decade now. there are turkish airstrikes on AANES territory daily for last week, but sure, it’s the Kurds that are in the wrong
Yep, turkish nationalist are just as genocidal as they’ve ever been. Honestly their beliefs around ethnic conflicts haven’t really changed since the early 20th century.
Lol, sure…
“Since the conflict began, more than 40,000 people have died, most of whom were Kurdish civilians.[”
“Turkey has depopulated and burned down thousands of Kurdish villages and massacred Kurdish civilians in an attempt to root out PKK militants.”
“The initial reason given by the PKK for this was the oppression of Kurds in Turkey.[81][82] At the time, the use of Kurdish language, dress, folklore, and names were banned in Kurdish-inhabited areas.[83] In an attempt to deny their existence, the Turkish government categorized Kurds as “Mountain Turks” during the 1930s and 1940s.[83][84][85] The words “Kurds”, “Kurdistan”, or “Kurdish” were officially banned by the Turkish government.[86] Following the military coup of 1980, the Kurdish language was officially prohibited in public and private life until 1991.[87] Many who spoke, published, or sang in Kurdish were arrested and imprisoned”
Turkey had a peace deal and then they bombed their way out of it. Turkish government policy is not always especially sensible.
They should probably stop killing so many Kurdish civilians then
