Would Putin further pressure our tolerance?

The New York Times has reported that İlnur Çevik, the chief advisor to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,  "suggested that Turkey might tolerate some kind of Kurdish entity in northeastern Syria." 

What if they do not stop there - and while they have Putin's support on their back - what if they test Ankara's tolerance in the west of the Euphrates River? 

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) autonomy conference started in Moscow on Feb. 15. The organizer is the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD). It is not under the knowledge of the Russian Foreign Ministry, but it is under the auspices of them. Is that a surprise? Well, no. 

Russian leader Vladimir Putin is an aggressive and reckless player in the super power game. He does not have any fear of Turkey. 

Whenever he easily overtrumps, he easily ups the ante. 

Can this be because it is perceived that showing understanding is a weakness and that flexibility is seen as a tendency for compromise? 

Russian jets shot our soldiers in al-Bab, we did not ask for an apology. We did not react fiercely. Our counterpart is not one that would understand from dignity and solemnity. They got away by saying "It was a mistake, we hit them by accident. Sorry."

When we spared our sentences to avoid possible provocation, they saw that we wouldn't make hell and would accept it like gentlemen - how could they stop there?

While we waited, they took another step. Our silence, obviously, was perceived as a sign of weakness and intimidation. They do not find our power alarming or take our deterrence seriously. They probably think that this, if not a challenge, is intimidation. 

You know what my concern is, Mr. İlnur Çevik? 

We were furious with...