There is also a fear that, "if Syria were to destabilise further, the PKK could find a new safe haven in Syria or amongst the Syrian Kurds, similar to the situation in northern Iraq," Saban Kardas, assistant professor of international relations at TOBB University of Economics and Technology, told SETimes.
Također postoji bojazan da bi, "ako se Sirija dodatno destabilizira, PKK mogla pronaći novo utočište u Siriji ili među sirijskim Kurdima, slično stanju u sjevernom Iraku", izjavio je za SETimes Saban Kardas, asistent za međunarodne odnose na TOBB Sveučilištu za ekonomiju i tehnologiju.