Syrian Kurdish unity cannot prevent Erdogan’s pressure: analyst
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Jonathan Spier believes the Syrian Kurds unity project can be useful in their negotiations with the Syrian government, but will not save them from the pressures of Turkish president Erdogan over Syrian Kurds.
The two Kurdish movements in Syria, which have have different ideas and strategies about how to run Kurdish-controlled areas in the country, have resumed talks for unity and expressed satisfaction with the first phase of the negotiations.
However, Jonathan Spier, a researcher at the Middle East Centre for Reporting, believes that Syrian Kurds' talks will boost their ability to bargain on either a self-governing system or the new Syrian constitution, but their strategy would not be useful in the way they expect.
In an article on the center’s website, he said the strategy is not effective if Kurdish negotiations to change Erdogan's stance on Syrian Kurds.
Dr. Jonathan Speer has stressed that negotiations over the Kurdish alliance cannot stop Erdogan from continuing to pressure them.
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