Comment: Isolated and with no clear Plan

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Comment: Isolated and with no clear Plan

The stop of Ankara, the possible connection with the Kurdish YPG militia: a dangerous mix. Turkey may now not to use ground troops in Syria to get carried away, says Seda Serdar.

Again a terrorist attack on the Turkish capital. Only in October was Ankara bombs have been shaken. The attack on Wednesday comes at a time when the Turkey was in the corner feels compelled the former allies in the Syrienkonflikt alien feel. 28 Dead in Ankara. You seem to be the statements of the Turkish government about the threat posed by Kurdish groups in the Region to support it.

Fight on several fronts

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu makes the PKK and the YPG responsible for the attack. The Kurdistan workers ‘ party PKK is in many countries, also in Germany, as a terrorist organization. Not so, however, the YPG, the armed branch of the Syrian “the Democratic Union party” PYD. She is regarded as a Syrian ally of the PKK.

Because the YPG/PYD is used by the US and the EU, the most important Anti-Terror ally and Turkey as a significant actor in the fight against the so-called “Islamic state” is considered. Most recently, developments in the Syrian-Turkish border and the establishment of Kurdish districts in Syria Turkey however, is increasingly challenged. The attack by YPG positions was in response to their fire in the direction of the Turkey. Warnings from Ankara to the international community in the past week is not sufficient to make clear where the red line for Turkey is: Ankara does not want the YPG as a negotiating partner. In this issue is the Turkish government with a passion unrelenting.

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After the stop in Ankara was the Turkish government trying an Anti-Terror law through the Parliament. This fails, however, the resistance of the pro-Kurdish “Democratic party of the peoples” (HTF). She is outraged by the Armeeeinsatz against the PKK in Eastern Turkey. This shows on the one hand, that the government do not succeed in the country, not even in extreme situations. It also shows, however, that the HDP is no law, sign, want, that the PKK condemned.

Alone and vulnerable

The hope of Turkey, the refugee crisis will be the international community to drive a quicker solution for the Syrienkonflikt to find, have not been met. Also unrealistic was the idea of Ankara that a solution to the Turkish interests contrary to that might come. A Überflugverbot, the main requirement of Turkey, has some support by the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, to learn. Overall, however, It came to little, and what came, came too late.

The war in Syria is an international Problem. Barack Obama’s folgenlose “red line”, the Russian Intervention, the General shock in the international community are responsible. However, Turkey is at the forefront. Because you are incapable of the Kurdish Problem in their own country to solve, and because you allow this Problem to escalate beyond its own borders: that is why Turkey is now alone, vulnerable.

It lacks a Plan

This Isolation, however, could turn into even more violence. Turkey is considering ground troops to Syria to send. A step that the United States since the beginning of the conflict fear. The Turkish government has made it clear: If the security of the country is in danger, you do everything in your Power to do to defend it.

The stop of Ankara and the alleged involvement of the YPG are like sparks in a powder keg. The Turkey has any military engagement in Syria be avoided. The conflict in the East of Turkey are already hundreds of people have fallen victim to. The Region continues to destabilize, that would be the biggest mistake the government could make. Prime Minister Davutoglu has on the Links of the PKK to the Soviet Union in the Cold war era pointed out. And added that the organization since then from other countries exploited. The tensions with Russia continue to whip, Turkey, however, only harm. With Turkish troops in Syria would Ankara only isolated stand, as it now is.

The Turkey needs to set clear priorities, because they are simultaneously faced with several problems: the Kurdish question in their own country, the refugee crisis on their borders and the Syrienkrieg as well as the international tensions, this war produces. The Turkish government now needs to clear define goals. Turkey needs a rational foreign policy and a clear Plan to with their problems, including the refugee crisis and the terrorist threat, ready to be.

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