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Erdoğan: Kurdish Rebels in Syria Will Either Surrender Their Weapons or Be Buried With Them (www.tovima.com)
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued direct threats against Kurdish rebels in Syria on Wednesday.

This comes amongst reports of a Turkish troop buildup on the Turkey-Syria border in what analysts believe may be harbinger of an invasion into Kurdish-held territory .

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[-] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 1 month ago

These Kurdish rebels he's on about have one of the most democratic systems of government in existence

[-] SalaciousBCrumb@lemy.lol 30 points 1 month ago

Exactly why he must crush them for they threaten his authoritarian dreams.

[-] pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

He doesn't care about their political system. What he cares about is that they are Kurds. Kurds did some terrorism in Turkey. Some Kurds want to separate from Turkey. Both things are a serious problem. Also, Syrian oil fields those particular Kurds control. Yeah, it's actually probably mostly about oil.

[-] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 month ago

Ya, can't have that spreading to Kurds in Turkey.

[-] drdiddlybadger@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago

Isn't inflation high as fuck in Turkey right now? Trying to fight against an external enemy is likely to trigger a revolt isn't it?

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