The editorial board of The New York Times, one of the most prestigious
newspapers in the U.S., published another analysis of Turkey on Aug. 31.
Some time ago, Eric Edelman, a former U.S. ambassador to Turkey, wrote
an article that was in the same ballpark as this recent one. The
editorial titled "Mr. Erdogan's War against the Kurds" simply puts
forward the arguments that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is the
founding leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), has
waged a war against the Kurdish separatist group, the PKK, as he is in a
"desperate struggle to stay in power" and is afraid of the formation of
a possible Kurdish state. As a matter of fact, the PKK has made
progress in Syria to this end and a stable Kurdish administration was
established in northern Iraq. According to the article, Erdoğan's fight
against the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) is deceptive, his
prime target is Kurds and the main objective of this strategy is to
maintain his authoritarian regime. The piece ends with valuable advice
to the U.S. administration, saying: "The United States should use its
influence in the region to stop the fighting and deprive Mr. Erdogan of
an excuse to continue a military operation that makes the difficult
struggle against [ISIS] even harder.
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