President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is trying to revive peace talks with the Kurds alongside discussions with Washington over the future of U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in neighboring Syria. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/12/world/politics/turkey-peace-kurds-middle-east/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #turkey #kurds #middleeast #abdullahocalan #receptayyiperdogan #syria #iraq
Turkey seeks historic peace with Kurds in a shifting Middle East
For the Turkish president, a peace deal would potentially win him enough support to change the constitution and extend his more than two decades in power.Selcan Hacaoglu (The Japan Times)
