I don't know...but Turkey is a land bridge between Europe and the ME....because of that they have their own unique problems...maybe a "Kurdistan" would, geopolitically, cause more internal problems between Turkey's citizens...the choice being.....are we European??...or are we Semitic???...just one of many ways to look at the situation...
Hmmmmmmm.....I don't think that is the problem, but it may be a point that is debated by academics in the region.
Turkey has formed a government that is almost a Islamic based parliamentary rubber stamp. It runs everything through a Islamic filter, and this alone should be worrisome to Europe and Turkish participation in the Euro community.
I think Europe is just wishful thinking, as they seem to do as a matter of policy.
This government is a democratic looking government but functions as a theocracy, from what I can decipher. I base this on the window we got when they denied access to their territory. There was much opposition to the decision, but it was squashed like a bug. It looked like everyone opposed was threatened and silenced.
I think Turkey is a lie. And i think they are getting away with it, but occasionally do something that gets attention, as we see here.
It almost looks like a Iranian proxy.....but I'm not familiar enough with the specifics to make that call. I feel like the wool has been pulled over the eyes of Europe and the West, in regard to this Islamic Republic in Democratic clothing.