Turkey's Approach to Syria's Kurds Ignores Potential Gains.

The author reflects on Turkey's combative response to developments in Syria's Kurdish region. Turkey was alarmed by the Syrian Kurds' takeover of state institutions and subsequent flying of the flags of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) in northeastern cities evacuated by Syrian forces. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatens that the country would not remain silent in the event of a new state emerging on Turkey's borders.