Civilian Kurds bear the brunt of Turkey's indiscriminate campaign against the PKK. Only learning from history can finally end the vicious cycle of conflict and bring about a new dawn of peace.
The fight for Kobane is not limited to a local struggle against IS militants, but reverberates politically and strategically across the region.
As the Iraqi crisis haunts the Kurds, double standards in the principle of self-determination come to the fore.
