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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
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Dorian Jones

Turkey warns against drawing Iran's Kurds into Middle East war

Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) take part in training at a base on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq, on 12 February 2026. © REUTERS - Thaier Al-Sudani

The Turkish government is warning the United States and Israel against involving Iran’s Kurdish minority in the war against the Iranian regime. Home to millions of Kurds, Turkey fears any such move could destabilise its ongoing peace process with Kurdish militants calling for an autonomous state.

Concentrated in north-western Iran along the borders with Turkey and Iraq, Kurds are estimated to make up 8 to 17 percent of Iran’s population.

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