The almost 4-year-old Syrian civil strife is threatening to spill over into Turkey. Turkey’s Kurds vented their anger in the streets across the country Oct. 7, warning the government that if it idly stands by while the Kurdish-dominated Syrian border town of Kobani falls to the Islamic State (IS), peace negotiations with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) will end and a new round of armed conflict in Turkey will begin.
Members of Huda-Par (Free Cause Party), an Islamist Kurdish organization, clashed with pro-PKK crowds, especially in the country’s eastern and southeastern provinces.