World Service - Despite the new developments in Syria and the peace process with the PKK, Turkey does not intend to withdraw from Syria and Iraq and considers its military presence part of the long-term security and regional strategy.
World Service - The intensification of Turkey's military and political pressures against the Syrian Kurds and Ankara's positions towards the Syrian Democratic Forces have once again raised the question of whether Turkey has undergone a change in its policy towards the Kurds or whether it is still following the same historical strategy based on preventing the formation of any political position for the Kurds in the region.
