Turkey expressed concern over Russian aid to the Kurdish group within Turkey, a group labeled by many countries as extremist. Turkish leaders are concerned over the safety and integrity of their country and are quick to criticize any actions that lead to the enabling of this group that has been threatening national security.
Russia has been quite active in this area in recent weeks, and this new action in Turkey could indicate attempts to gain further control within this region. Turkey is a very strategic country geographically, any turmoil could give outside countries a chance to gain control. Russia is very interested in gaining control, and is willing to use the Kurds to obtain it.
Turkey turned to the United States to complain about the arming of Kurdish extremists in Turkey. While the United States have acknowledged the Kurdish in Turkey as a terrorist group, the country is using the Kurdish in Syria to help in their fight against ISIL. They have provided weapons to the Syrian Kurds, an act that Turkey decries for fear those weapons will eventually be handed to the Turkey Kurds. But is the United States willing to give up a military force for what may happen?
The multifaceted issues of this problem are many and tightly interrelated. The Kurds are a people group that not many are certain how to deal with, and this issue brings that to harsh reality. In both uplifting and putting down the Kurdish forces more turmoil is certain to arise.
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