Since the announcement of Turkish government that it stands and support for the Syrian people in its opposition to its government and its political system in the middle of march 2011, when the Syrian cities and districts witnessed the outbreak of massive popular demonstrations demanding for political change in Damascus, the Turks took a clear and supportive attitude to this declared popular and political move and took the initiative to provide support and backing of the Syrian opposition factions and support the movement and goals of free army who was defected from the Assad regime’s military establishment, which form a clear and explicit reversal in the relationship between Ankara and Damascus which was reflected negatively on the nature of the relations that existed between them and the depth of strategic cooperation in all political, military and economic fields and unify positions in the , regional and international forums.
it was one of the first manifestations of the Syrian hostility to the Turkish government is to support Kurdish organizations and parties that opposes Ankara government and gives it military and material support and meeting its officials and factions , noting that the units of the Kurdish people and the Party of Turkish workers had a prominent and important role in the events that took place in northern Syria, near the Turkish-Syrian border and most notably is Kobani city battles and the current events now in the city of Izaz.
in front of these developments that mimicked wishes and the aspirations of the Syrian Kurds and their desire to achieve their aspirations and goals to the establishment of a Kurdish entity for them in northern Syria that promotes their unity and tuning their national goals.
the most prominent one in the expression of these concepts and goals is the (Kurdish Democratic Union Party) led by Saleh Muslim who is considered one of the most Kurdish popular parties in the Kurdish regions within Syrian territory, where another Kurdish political parties are exist but are less effective, including: (Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Nasr Eddin Ibrahim, the kurdish left Party led by Mohamed Moussa, Syrian Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Jamalof Bafi.).
the battle of Kobani came , which lasted 120 days , as a turning point for the position of the Kurds in Syria and the extent of their influence on events where they drew the realistic frames that identified the effectiveness of Syrian Kurds and their place at the local, regional and international level, because this battle has made them an important part of wide-ranging political process beyond the map of Syria.
the battle proved that the Syrian Kurds do not own their political destiny noting that the regional conflicts identified their positions, tools and roles in terms that the Turks did not offer them help and theydid not get US support, but up to fight ISIS state Having arranged their relationship with each other and that we might exclude what it was done by Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani for his support for the Kurds in the liberation of Kobani from the control of fighters of ISIS and sent large numbers of Kurdish guerrillas from the Kurdistan region of Iraq to contribute to the defense of the Syrian Kurds and also combat units belonging to the formations of the free army participated to provide backing for Kurdish fighters .
the withdrawal of the units of the Syrian army of the Assad regime voluntarily and without a fight in the month of July 2012 from the Kurdish areas in the north Syria under the pretext of a focus on fighting the Syrian opposition factions in areas of military conflicts and disputes which are considered more important and strategic to the Syrian regime, to witness the situation on the Syrian territory clear reality represented in direct coordination and close relationship between the fighters of the units of the Kurdish people and Syrian regime organs to control over Kurdish areas, and to defend about it and making its responsibility However, in the hands of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party.
this new attitude has encouraged the leaders of units of the Kurdish people to put forward a draft of self-administration in the Kurdish areas of northern and northeastern Syria in November 2013, which form the first operational steps towards the TGP goals and ideas advocated by the Turkish workers’ Party leader Abdullah Ocalan who was detained by the Turkish authorities since 1999, and the geographic areas for this administration had been identified with three areas which are the (island , Kobani and Afrin).
this political development was a big concern to the Turks and started to follow up on the movement and activities of units of the Kurdish people which is considered from the standpoint of Turkish security officials as an extension of the organizations of the Turkish workers’ Party , specially that Turkey has long border with northern Syria, estimated at 800 km and large parts of this border is currently located under the control of the Democratic Union Party, which is classified as a terrorist party in Turkey, Europe and the US.
the emergence of semi-independent Kurdish entity in northern Syria would threaten national Turkish security and to provok political organizations and military events of the fighters of the Turkish workers’ Party due to the proximity of this entity from the Kurdish areas within the Turkish territory and therefore will lead to the occurrence of conflicts, fighting and clashes between Turkish soldiers and fighters of the Kurds in the PKK.
Ambitions of the units of the Kurdish people in the ongoing battles now in the area Izaz and the pursuit of Syrian Kurds to take control over them and a firm their grip on it by taking advantage of the nature of the ongoing events in the region and military conflicts between all the fighting factions, which led the Turkish army and its striking military units to take military measures to directing guns and bombers and missiles to prevent the Kurds from the advancement in the city of Izaz and surrounding areas and this is what caused the escalation of the tense situation between the Ankara government and Damascus and heightened diplomatic rhetoric between Russia and Turkey.
in front of these big challenges and grave risks and the occurrence of numerous civilian casualties and breadth of the escape from military confrontations toward the Syrian-Turkish border, the terrorist bombing accident comes that took place on Wednesday evening, on17th of February, 2016 in the center of the Turkish capital of Ankara and within the security square near the building of the military chiefs of staff and some important security services , when a bomb car intercepted a military a armored carriers that carry a number of Turkish soldiers while standing at the traffic signals that have killed 20 Turkish soldiers and (8) civilian people, and injuring and wounding 61 others, and the Turkish government and its security units accused the the units of protection of Kurdish people and the Party of Turkish workers in doing this terrorist act, and this view was reinforced after the competent Turkish devices revealed that the actor is a Syrian Kurdish young named (Saleh Najjar) born in 1992 in the Amoda area, north of Syria, linked with organizations of Kurdish Democratic Union Party.
this explosion caused to an escalation of Turkish response which was marked by intensifying bombardment of Azaz district north of Aleppo, where the Syrian Kurdish sites of the units of the Kurdish people, and their organizations working within the Kurdish Democratic Union Party, and the resumption of air and artillery bombardment on the Qandil mountain inside Iraqi territory located within the Kurdistan region of Iraq, where the presence of Turkish PKK.
in order to give justifications for this Turkish broad response , the information comes to be announced by the Turkish intelligence service that the elements and units of the Kurdish people are targeting for the Turkish airports in the cities (Antalya Wyden and Izmir, Ankara, Istanbul, Bursa, Mugla) .
Will the Turkish government to succeed in its quest to repeat its proposal for the creation of safe region in the depth of 10 km inside Syrian territory after the German government is convinced with its proposal knowing of the rejection of the international coalition to establish this region, and this position was confirmed by Col. Steve Warren, spokesman for the command of the coalition in terms of the establishment of this area is expensive in personnel and ammunition , or whether we will see an escalation in events and confrontations that the Arab, regional and international forces may be involved in it .
Rawabet Center for Research and Strategic Studies