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Türkiye still views the Kurdish issue in the paradigm of a threat to its territorial integrity. Thus, the fight against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) remains in the centre of attention of Turkish political structures and law enforcement.

Since the outbreak of conflict in 2011 in Syria, its parties splintered into a large web of internal and external actors. The Kurds and the Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria (AANES) have played a key role throughout the conflict. Much change awaits Syria following the coup d’état and issues connected to the Kurds persist; what is the Kurdish position and what challenges face them?

The Kurdish question is still central to Turkish expansion in Syria. In Rojava Ankara is butting heads with US and Israeli interests.