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Turkey Headed Toward Civil War
Turkey Headed Toward Civil War
Dozens
of Kurdish fighters and several Turkish soldiers have lost their
lives in bloody clashes in Turkey’s southeast this week, and the
shadow of civil war is increasingly seen day by day.
19
December, 2015
Increasingly,
signs that ongoing clashes between Turkish security forces and
Kurdish fighters may soon turn into a full-scale civil war,
with much of the Kurdish population involved, have caused
deep concern.
curdistani
PKK co-leader #Karayilan says; This is a civil war and Turkish/#Turkey regime have declared war on Kurdish nation.
Ankara’s
hardline politicians and Turkish nationalists across the country
are pouring oil onto the flames with violent rhetoric.
“The
operations carried out by the Turkish Armed Forces, gendarmerie
and police will continue in the region in a steadfast
manner until public security is established,” a recent
statement by Turkey’s General Staff reads.
Burak Aydin
Being a refugee in your own homeland... #Diyarbakir, the Kurdish capital, under heavy #Turkish military occupation
Over
a hundred fighters from the notorious Kurdistan Workers’ Party
(PKK) have been killed in action in the south-east province
of Sirnak this week, according to Turkish media. In a
full-scale military operation launched on Tuesday, two
government soldiers were killed while 23 others, including members
of the police, were injured.
This
course of events is what many have been warning against.
“When
we see these moves, we will know that Pandora’s Box has been opened
and we can expect that both sides are heading to a level
of violence that could become a civil war,” Metin Gurcan, a
Turkish analyst, wrote for Al Monitor earlier this week.
Before
the “anti-PKK” operation, as the Turks call their military
actions in Cizre, Silopi, and other spots, both PKK and the
government forces had been telling civilians to leave the area
or go into hiding. Now, peace in this part of the
Middle East looks a lot like war.
“Semsettin,
45, said his family in Silopi woke up on Wednesday to the
sound of gunfire and went down to their basement to hide,”
BBC reported on Thursday. “As their house is the only one
in the area with a basement, 25 neighbors have joined them
in the 3-4 square meter room. ‘There is no electricity, it’s
cold and the children are suffering. There is no baby food or milk,’
he says.”
Hamo
Scene from Amed, under fascist Turkish police. #TwitterKurds via @frtSryldz
After
two days of military operations in the area, Turkey’s
Interior Minister Efkan Ala stated that the military and police had
seized tons of explosives and thousands of weapons
from Kurds, according to Anadolu Agency.
“Security
forces seized 2,240 weapons, 862 of which were heavy and
long-barreled weapons, almost 10 tons of explosives and some
10,000 Molotov cocktails,” the minister specified.
Kurdish
rebels reportedly have not only dug trenches and built barricades
in urban areas, but also modified their combat strategy
to be effective against well-equipped government military
forces.
Lee Jay Walker
“In
the past, veteran PKK fighters reinforced young urban fighters
by using a strategy of ‘come-coordinate-depart,’ but now
the strategy has become ‘come-stay-direct,’ Metin Gurcan of Al
Monitor explained. “If these hybrid forces of veteran PKK
fighters and young YDG-H militants in cities are equipped
with advanced anti-tank missiles such as Milan, Kornet and
TOW and shoulder-fired ground-to-air missiles that could change the
entire nature of the anticipated clashes.”
The
regulation of financial activities in Kurdish-dominated
areas was reportedly taken over by the PKK in advance,
in expectation of a long conflict.
Experts
point out that a full-scale war with increased civilian
casualties – or, as NATO is used to cynically label it:
“collateral damage” — is likely to lead to a
civil war over the large areas of Turkey that have a
Kurdish majority. Kurds account for some 20% of the total
population of Turkey.
@Hevallo
'The PKK is NOT designated as a 'terrorist' organisation by 156 of the world's 196 countries.' They should use this in their news articles.
Around
10,000 troops and police officers are involved in a nationwide
military operation tasked with putting down a recent
Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) independence insurgency.
The
PKK waged two long, violent and unsuccessful struggles
for independence against Turkey, in which 5,000
Turkish troops and more than 40,000 Kurds were killed
between 1984-1999 and 2004-2012.
A
total of 180 police, military and civilians have died in PKK
attacks following terrorist acts, claimed by the Islamic
State (Daesh in Arabic), that killed 33 Kurdish activists
in July and the murder of two police officers claimed
by the PKK.
THIS IS NOT SYRIA. This is Turkey's unreported war against the Kurds in Diyarbakir. #TwitterKurds UNREPORTED!
Turkey
has stepped up its air campaign against PKK targets
in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq.
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