A KURD'S WAY.

Claims that the threat or use of force can be an effective means of dealing with international terrorism and the states that sponsor it as exemplified by the decision of Syria to severe its ties with Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) founder Abdullah Ocalan in 1998. Response of the Turkish government to the arrest of Ocalan in Italy; Impact of the increasingly close military and political ties between Turkey and Israel on Syrian President Hafez al-Assad's decision regarding Ocalan and the PKK; Concessions given by the Syrian government to Turkey's government involving Ocalan and the PKK; Geopolitical factors influencing the decision of Turkish civilian and military leaders to threaten Syria.