Egypt and Turkey The military-backed government in Egypt appears to have achieved an adequate level of international recognition and respect, with support including financial support from Arab states
Turkey and the Kurds On 16 November the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed the leader of Iraqi Kurdistan Masud Barzani in a ground-breaking visit to the Kurdish heartland of Diyarbakir in south-eastern Turkey.
Turkey feels the impact Turkey, like Lebanon and Jordan, has felt the direct impact of the Syrian civil war, including occasional exchanges of fire and a massive refugee problem.
Kurdistan: stumbling Attempts by the Kurds in Turkey and Syria to link up with the success of the semi-independent Kurdish region in northern in Iraq have suffered two possible setbacks.
