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Comment: As the peace process between Turkish government and Kurds' PKK breaks down, Turkish nationalists and Erdogan's ruling party legitimise disproportionate violence against Kurds through systematic dehumanisation of Kurdish civilians.
Under the pretence of fighting IS, Turkish jets have been bombing PKK positions, signalling a complex agreement with the US that is yet to be fully unravelled, says James Denselow.
Comment: The steady stream of recruits from the West to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), are just as ideologically driven as those flocking to join IS, writes James Snell
Comment: A spat between the United States and Turkey over Ankara's purchase of Russia's S-400 missile has spilled into Syria, writes Bashdar Ismaeel.
Comment: The United States may be quietly dissociating itself from the YPG in hopes of a closer relationship with Turkey, writes Imad K. Harb
Comment: The justification Turkey offered for its Afrin offensive - that it was fighting the Islamic State group as well as the YPG - is entirely unsatisfactory, writes James Snell.
Comment: Creating a new state along the border with Turkey would only create further chaos in the brutal violence, writes Kyle Orton.
Comment: Until public perception of terrorism in Turkey shifts away from Kurdish militants and towards IS, Erdogan will not budge from wilfully ignoring the threat of IS, writes Yvo Fitzherbert
Comment: Seizing the corpses of civilians killed during curfews in south-east Turkey allows Ankara to tell the world they were 'terrorists', writes Yvo Fitzherbert.
Comment: Turkey fumbles in the dark for the culprits of Saturday's bombing while the state is expanding its power under a growing culture of anonymous terrorism, writes Farhad Mirza.