No,their ''Kurdistan'' project hasnt failed yet,i guess you havent seen the bases they built on our southern borders.
It all depends on us if they will succeed or faill,time will show.
For the sake of continuing the comparison I will say I think you can simile the current position to the period between 1683 and 1699
Of course we have to remain competent and stay sharp.
Truth to be told you cant found your Kurdistan without Turkey out of the equality. They knew that, they thought they could achieve that, they took their chances and they failed it. It was a gamble. As a result they completely made Turkey a hostile country.
Imagine. There is a Kurdish autonomous region in North Iraq, first they achieved that. At some point it had to give up its own independence for the sake of a Kurdistan. Because first they try to secure autonomous regions across the countries(Turkey, Iraq, Syria) then they have to unite them. But doing this will cost Barzani his own position as a ruler. So he naturally doesnt want that. So at one point Pkk had to take him out. We have cut and are cutting PKK's foothold in Iraq. So how are they going to bring Barzani down when he is backed by Turkey ?
In Syria unfortunately they have been very successful so far. Still Turkey actively cut their Mediterranian link by taking Afrin. This was a huge blow to them. Kurdistan project is sth like %50 unsuccessful without a link to the Mediterranian. Turkey did that. It created a turmoil in US, against Trump. The trust between Pkk and US was shattered.
US also had to make a deal with Russia just for the sake of keeping Turkey out but it gave away total control of US.
Forget all of these, the most important, crucial and ambitious part of this project was the Turkey foot. Remember back in 2015, PKK went so far that they were collecting taxes from cities, they had their own militia, their own bureucracy. The moment Erdogan turned against them, a panic took them and they foolishly declared ''self-governence''. This gave legitimacy for Turkish army and we absolutely blasted them.
Think of how close the date is to the coup attempt. Had the coup attempt succeeded we would have lose those lands, there is no doubt on this.
Now we completely cleared those areas from PKK, today we deal with PKK outside our borders in Iraq. We literally finished them. Imagine how much advancement they lost by losing in Turkey.
Now you are saying they might come back to that point. Yes, there is that chance. Ottomans also potentially had the chance of winning their wars between 1683-1698 and coming back to the gates of Vienna but we all know that did not happen.
The thing is I dont see that battery power in US. It is in turmoil and isolationist powers in it are already grumbling. If you think Trumpism will die with Trump being gone, well you are wrong. They may have saved the day with their ''congress raid'' theatre but it can only be a tactical victory because this is about the changing conjuncture of the World.
Some people are worried about the opposition that will come in 2023. Yes, I do think opposition is pro-US to a worrying degree but keep one thing in mind: so was Erdogan. It isnt really granted that once a proxy remains a proxy. I do think regardless of what the main opposition acts like, the moment they make it to the government they will change. Call me optimistic if you want.
This is why US said the problems with Turkey cant be solved with the change of government, they are fundamental. This is why they started acting so hostile, they understood there isnt a way of winning Turkey back like the old days. This is why we see all those demonising campaigns.
I just ask these questions, nothing else:
1) is there a way to initiate a ''solution process'' with Pkk again in Turkey?
2) is there a way for Fetö to gain sympathy from Turkish public opinion again in Turkey?
3) is there a way for Turkish army to retreat from Afrin at this point?
All of these questions could be answered ''yes'' in a way or another in my opinion if we were dealing with the US of back in the days.
You want proof? Gulenists straight out became anti-Turkey in everywhere. They observably no longer hold the anxiety of ''getting themselves liked by the public''. They insult the country and they insult the people.
What does this mean? They have already accepted they lost that game.
Same goes for US. It doesnt even try at this point to hide its hostility. They openly said ''if'' when PKK killed our people. Not to mention many other insults and threats over the last few years.
So I say if things were that likely to change with just a change of government, well they would try to hide their hostility wouldnt they?
Edit:
@guest12 my reply goes for you too.
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