We're working on it. It's a long process. The war in Iraq was a good start. The rest might take longer.

Johnny State, New York, NY

Unlike Serbia, Turkey is a country with a history and a massive army which means that chances of forcing them to do anything is the same as Iraq becoming 'democratic country'. As for fighting guerillas Turkey has more experience fighting them than any other country in the world which should count as a advantage. I hope non-Turkish people would one day understand the position Turkey is in without seeing the consequences of a bus bombing..

Onder Akar, London, U.K

Türkiye is a democratic and independent country and has a right to defend its people against pkk terrorist group,which killed even babies and many people in the past.we cannot just watch what is happening when pkk is active just beyond the border of ours.there is no day when less than 10 civilians are not killed in Iraq.let's discuss this.but nobody disscusses this.we live with kurds like brothers because we have very deep connections with each other we have cultural values so we are united and will be forever.nobody should try to compare us with serbia.

yavuz, erzurum, TÃœRKÄ°YE

Turkey have been itching to get into this because Turkey's demands to the US and Iraq to eradicate this terrorist threat fell on deaf ears. The result was the innocent loss of lives because of PKKs ability to freely move between borders.

To compare with Northern Ireland is foolish as Turkey is not occupying north Iraq, Turkey is acting to prevent further attacks taking place on Turkish soil.

If the pre-condition for joining the EU is to sacrifice innocent lives without a fight, well then keep your EU!

Volkan, London,

This is utter madness,Turkey have been itching to get into this, they have an army so they want to use it !
Not only have their tactics failed on previous similar assaults, they will fail again.

Going in with all fire power for a few terrorists is simply wrong, what would have happened if we had done the same with Northern Ireland ?

After many lives are lost on both sides, Turkey 'will' have to negotiate , the Kurds have a good cause only the naive & aggressive Turks cannot see it.

And this is the country who wants to join the EU, I don't think so, they don't understand human rights & only seem to know barbaric ways.

Maggie Millington, Brittany , France.

Erdogan playing to his own political gallery is surely going to come unstuck. Never in military history has this kind of "counter guerilla" operation succeeded and the Turkish army is considerably more inept than most. This is the perfect way to provoke MORE terrorist activity in Turkey.

Sean Shalor, Coventry, UK

Well why din't we force Turkey into giving the Kurds a country. We did with Kosovo and Serbia and the Kurds don't even have their own country, unlike the albanians.

Rob, Singapore,