Yes.. What about them? After the break-up the the Ottomans and the rise of mid-east nationalism, weather it was turkish, jewish, arab, muslim or Armenian.... The kurds were left with nothing... Many analyst who deal with the middle east and the perspective of peace and stability in that shaky region haven't concluded much on how Kurds and the future (on debate!) kurdistan will be in the forecast for the middle east. We see a lot of struggles in the present future, like the palestinian self-determination for a State, which is primarily based on the losses of the 1948 Israeli Independence war and the subdue 1967 six day war, yet, the main difference between Kurds and Palestinians is that Palestinians are based on nationalistic ideals, where the borders are being disputed, negotiated and thought over, whereas the kurds, had a provisional state way back, but there power vs. Arab (Iraq, Syria) and Eurasian (Iran, Turkey) Forces have failed!!! Is there room in the middle east for a kurdistan?
Necro bump… So…. I’m seeing reports that the PKK has disbanded. Does anyone have good insight on the internal workings here? Are they just going to rebrand? Is this a reaction to what is happening in Syria? What will this mean for the Kurds? @The Irish Rover ?
The only report I saw was that they were going to end their armed struggle. They've done this before though.
I get that. Erdogan has gone after them hard the last decade or so, and now with flaky US relations, I’d guess they are seeing that now is a good time to sit back. I’m mostly curious if this is a move to reinforce their efforts in Syria, where things are more fluid.
The PYD is an associated Kurdish party in Syria. While aligned with the PKK they don't necessarily do things in lockstep.
I’d argue that the PYD is more of a little brother than merely “associated”. Resources flow between Syria, Iraq and Turkey where they are most needed at any moment.