Türkiye’nin Çok Yönlü Kürt Çıkmazları – Suriye, Irak ve Anavatanda; Nasıl Birbirleriyle Bağlantılıdır ve Ne Yöne Gidebilir

Year 2013, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 41 - 63, 01.07.2013

Bill Park

Abstract

Kuzey Irak’ın Bölgesel Kürt Yönetimi’nin yarı-devlet olma yoluna girmesiyle, Türkiye ile arasında artan siyasi ve ekonomik ilişkilerle, ülkede özerk Kürt alanlar oluşmasına yol açan Suriye’deki karışıklıkla ve Türkiye’nin kendi Kürt sorununu çözmek için devam eden girişimleriyle, Ankara şimdi hiç olmadığı kadar daha sınırlar-arası, karmaşık, örtüşen ve birbirine bağlı bir “Kürt Sorunu” ile boğuşmaktadır. Bu çalışma Türkiye’nin Kürt çıkmazının çeşitli ve hızla gelişen boyutları arasındaki ilişkileri izlemektedir ve olası sonuçların kapsamı hakkında tahminlerde bulunmaktadır. Aynı zamanda Türkiye’nin Kürt politikalarını ve sorunlarını daha geniş bölgesel ve küresel dinamikler içinde saptamaya çalışmaktadır

Keywords

Kürtler, Türkiye, Suriye, Irak, IKBY, PKK

Turkey’s Multiple Kurdish Dilemmas – Syria, Iraq and at Home; How They Are Related, and Where They Might Lead

Abstract

With the emergence of the Kurdistan Regional Government of northern Iraq to quasi-statehood, the growing political and economic relationship between it and Turkey, the turmoil in Syria that has led to the establishment of self-governing Kurdish zones in the country, and Turkey’s continuing attempts to resolve its own Kurdish problem, Ankara is now grappling with a ‘Kurdish issue’ that is more transborder, complex, overlapping and interlinked than ever before. This paper traces the relationship between these various and fast-moving dimensions of Turkey’s Kurdish dilemmas, and speculates about the range of possible outcomes. It also seeks to locate Turkey’s Kurdish policies and problems within the context of wider regional and global dynamics

Keywords

Kurds, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, KRG, PKK

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