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I keep hearing he's gunning for the Kurds in the northeast of Syria. Is this just bald racism or is there some stated reason

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

From the discussions I've had, they see it as their land that the Kurds are trying to take from them. Of course, Turkish pan-nationalism even claims the Baltics and western China as their native land so take that with a grain of salt. Claims that Kurds are uneducated, religious fundamentalists with large families they can't provide for and will ruin* and overrun the country with their customs, etc.

As others said, racism and fascism. Typical Turkish nationalism.