It is time for the Turkish regime to stop this impractical game and recognise the existence of the Iraqi Kurdish administration. They can not preserve their stability without the help of the Iraqi Kurds and the Iraqi Kurds are unable to survive without Turkish help.
The Need for a Reality Check
Turkey must finally open its eyes and realise that after decades of fighting the ghosts of its past legacies and out-dated ideals, it will never win the battle against Kurdish nationalism until it takes a firm reality check.
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The recent majority Kurdish vote for the Recep Tayyip Erdogan AKP party is proof that Turkish Kurds can be swayed into playing a supportive and productive role in a new Turkey. They must be embraced with open arms to forge new brotherly ties for the benefit of the greater Turkish state, whilst accepting the emergence of a Kurdish entity in Iraq, not as a choice but as a natural eventuality that can not be stopped.
We are seeing the wrongs of the past correcting themselves. It was inevitable that the explosive seeds that were planted by the artificial of creation states in the Middle East could not remain underground forever. Unfortunately this wave of change is not over and will continue. There are far too many volcanoes waiting to erupt from Iran to Lebanon and possibly beyond.
As for Turkey, it is like fighting a tidal wave, and they must use the tides to ensure maximum gains and benefit and the least painful of landings.
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About the Author
Bashdar Pusho Ismaeel is a London-based freelance writer and analyst, whose primary focus and expertise is on the Kurds, Iraq and Middle Eastern current affairs. The main focus of his writing is to promote peace, justice and increase awareness of the diversity, suffering and at times explosive mix in Iraq and the Middle East.
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