MESOP QUOTATION : BY SONER CAGAPTAY – SYMBIOTIC TWINS : KURDS & TURKS
“Erdogan will try to keep Turkish Kurds happy while building deeper security ties with the Iraqi and Syrian Kurds, to which Turkey will guarantee de facto autonomy. This turn of events is rather ironic. Soon after Erdogan came to power in 2003, he launched a policy, called “strategic depth,” which aimed to make Turkey a major power in the Middle East, with allies and influence across the region. A decade later, Ankara’s only allies in the Middle East might just be the Kurds. Likewise, the Kurds’ main ally might soon be Ankara. Working together, they will try to escape the old politics of the Middle East and stand alone as peaceful and stable success stories.” http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141612/soner-cagaptay/turkeys-kurdish-buffer