The collapse of the Kurdistan Rojava Autonomous Administration in Syria is not a sudden surprise. It is the outcome of long-planned foreign interventions, strategic miscalculations, and deep Kurdish political weaknesses.
What has happened in Rojava is more than a local crisis.
It is a warning to the entire Middle East about the dangers of strategic blindness and missed opportunities. The Kurds lacked a political vision based on solid foundations. With the thesis of “we want to be part of a decentralized Syria,” they weakened their own position with their own hands.
From the outset, Turkey considered the existence of Rojava unacceptable.
The issue was not merely border security; the central aim was to prevent Kurds from gaining any political status in any territory. Turkey has pursued this strategy systematically.
Pro-Kurdish demonstrators take part in a protest in solidarity with Syrian Kurds following re
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