1. The Kurdish Question and US-Turkish Relations in a Changing Middle East
- Author:
- Jeffrey Mankoff and Müjge Küçükkeleş
- Publication Date:
- 03-2013
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Atlantic Council
- Abstract:
- Growing disorder throughout the Middle East has created the possibility for major changes to the status of Kurdish minorities in Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Turkey's handling of its Kurdish population and its relations with Kurdish groups throughout the region are creating new challenges for US foreign policy and US-Turkish relations. US policy toward the Kurds remains subordinate to wider regional security interests. Officially, the United States does not support the establishment of an independent Kurdish state. In practice, however, US policy is often inconsistent: the United States backs Kurdish groups in some states while opposing them in others.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy, Ethnic Government, and Bilateral Relations
- Political Geography:
- United States, Iraq, Turkey, Middle East, Syria, North America, and Kurdistan