Turkey’s dealing with the Syrian Kurds (Part II)

Michael Gunter

doi:10.33182/tc.v1i1.1995

Turkey’s dealing with the Syrian Kurds (Part II)

Authors

Michael Gunter Tennessee Technological University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33182/tc.v1i1.1995

Keywords:

Turkey, Syrian Kurds , Syria, Turkish-US confrontation , ISIS, Biden administration, Trump , Obama

Abstract

This Commentary survey’s Turkey's interaction with Syria's surprisingly influential Kurds and explores the Turkish-US confrontation over the US support of the Syrian Kurds against ISIS. It concludes that the Biden administration will likely continue to implement the limited, but effective role his predecessors Trump and Obama had carried out, but that the ultimate fate of Syria and its embattled Kurds remains unclear.