Messy situation.
***It’s even messier than that. Betraying the PKK means the Kurds betray Kurds to their enemies. That’s tough to do.
Here’s what is probably the most likely outcome — the Turks go after the PKK and cause some trouble, round some up but don’t really break the backs of the PKK. But it could prove to the rest of the Kurds that the PKK are losers who just want to fight Turks rather than build a country. In the long term (my kids looking back at this time), they might come to see this Turk incursion as a strengthening of the Kurdish nationalism character & resolve.
“In the long term (my kids looking back at this time), they might come to see this Turk incursion as a strengthening of the Kurdish nationalism character & resolve.”
We can all only hope and pray.