If this is true we will have a new refugee wave unless we shoot into the crowds of fleeing Syrians.
If the retreat is on the condition of PKK being gone, that's a little more understandable. But still. REFUGEES!
Only a muppet could believe the PKK will be gone, they are not gone in Iraq or Iran, but they are going to be gone in the nation that was most friendly to their cause. Don't forget how Ocalan was given VIP status by the Assad regime in the past. We quite rightly could have gone to war with Syria in the past over it, i would argue today that their support for the PKK is stronger now then it was then.
This is what you do now, you tell the Turkish nation of the threats facing the nation and what the enemies may do. You then tell the Russians to Foff from northern syria, you give them 48hours, if at any moment it looks like they are going to pull a Manbij on us where they hand over their positions to the americans, you strike and dont wait. If it has to be all out war with Russia, then it has to be that way. Lets stop running from the fight that is critical to the welfare of the nation, the people of the region and the religion of islam itself.
Then when it comes to american side you do everything to make it difficult for them, for one you constantly strike the pkk positions and the pkk oil facilities. You never relent just like the Russians never relented from bombing Turkish controlled regions in syria.
Only a moron especially after watching these last 10 years will think that anything can be achieved for Turks via talking.
If this deal takes place expect another name change like ypg to sdf and then Turks can cry for many more years to come arguing with the enemies that its really the pkk and not a different organisation.
But is absolutely incredible that while Putin is burying his nation over Ukraine and setting the ground work for what potentially could be the complete collapse of the federation, yet erdogan cannot get us an inch over syria. If he can't achieve now, then he was never going to achieve in the past when things were going good for Russia.
And guys refugees are not going back, not only is not feasible unless Turkey controls the land, AK party needs these migrants for votes and demographic change to suit an islamist authotarian/socialist agenda.