In the past two days, we have seen news that Turkey has carried out air strikes on Syria and Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, hitting about 80 targets and killing about 31 people, and the direct cause of this air strike is a terrorist attack and bombing on Istanbul's Independence Street, killing six people and injuring more than 100. According to the investigation results of the Turkish Ministry of Internal Affairs, the suspect has been caught, a woman, a Syrian, this person was trained by the PKK and sent to Turkey to carry out terrorist attacks, so this time Turkey will carry out all retaliation against Kurdish forces. Before retaliation, there were some episodes, that is, the United States made a statement on this matter, saying that it expressed a condolence to Turkey, and at the same time strongly condemned the terrorist attack, saying that it firmly stood with Turkey's allies.
However, the Turkish Ministry of Internal Affairs immediately also voiced condolences, Turkey does not need the condolences of the United States, does the United States deserve it? It is possible that this matter is operated by the United States behind the scenes, so Turkey is talking about criminal murderers who will always return to the scene in the first place. This incident reminds me of Kunming, I think of the Kunming Railway Station 301 violent terrorist incident, after that incident, how the United States said, but also for the violent conflict in Kunming to express condolences and regrets, as a result, the Chinese people could not stand it, just at the US embassy also replied, saying that the Chinese people expressed condolences for the 911 traffic accident, so the United States This statement is often not recognized by relevant countries.
In fact, for Turkey, it does not matter whether this matter was directly planned by the United States, because the United States has long supported the Kurds in Iraq, Syria, and the surrounding areas of Turkey to form an American force on the ground, which is an indisputable fact for a long time. Through this support, many Kurds also want to seek independence, which makes the three countries feel uneasy, especially Turkey, which is more than 10 million people, nearly 20 million people live in Turkey, if so many Kurds in Turkey seek independence, Turkey cannot stand it.
Now US-Turkish relations are deteriorating for many reasons, including the Kulen incident, the Kurdish issue, and Russian-Turkish energy cooperation. For example, now Russia wants to turn Turkey into an energy hub, so that in the future, if Russia exports energy, there will be an additional channel, and many European countries will look at Turkey's face. And before that, in a series of international activities, Turkey has been engaged in its pan-Turkism, bringing many Central Asian and Islamic countries together, and it wants to become the head of these countries, so Turkey wants to turn itself into a diplomatic independent pole, at least a prominent force in Central Asia, which is torn apart for the United States and NATO.
In addition to not giving face to the United States, Turkey's air strike is also a warning to NATO, don't Sweden and Finland want to join NATO? And Sweden and Finland have been conniving at Kurdish activities in their territory, many of which are anti-Turkey, so Turkey must tell these two countries to oppose Kurdish activities through this severe crackdown, Turkey is not just talking.
If Sweden and Finland cannot take resolute and effective activities to put an end to the activities of the PKK in their territory, then can they join NATO, what is Turkey's attitude, Sweden, Finland wait and see, so Erdogan's foreign policy is a little interesting, on the one hand, he can openly support Ukraine and provide weapons to Ukraine. On the other hand, it can also maintain very friendly energy exchanges with Russia, and at the same time, it can hit the Americans in the face through military operations and talk about cooperation with the Americans. On the other hand, it is necessary to turn itself into an independent force within NATO, and it is a force that can check others. It can be seen that Turkey's diplomacy can still find its position and benefit its own country, and they have not turned themselves into vassals of any major powers.