Kurdish Factor in the Turkish Policy in the Middle East
The article analyses the problem of the Kurdish liberation movement on the scale of the entire ethnic Kurdistan, which has seriously complicated the situation in the Middle East and the confrontation of the participants in the Syrian Civil War. The Kurdish armed formations have become a real force in the struggle against the Islamic state (Prohibited in Russia). At the same time, the Kurds have faced a historic opportunity to finally create their own independent state on their traditional lands. Basing on Turkish and Russian materials, the author highlights the vicissitudes of the ethnic Kurdistan struggle from the Turkish-Kurdish relations perspective.