And that would change the entire context of the Kurdish question, which is bound to come up at next month's summit in Istanbul of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
Russia's half-promises of restraint and negotiation made in Istanbul last month to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe have proved empty.
The government had to apologise when Engin Ceber, a left-wing activist, was tortured and beaten to death by security forces recently in an Istanbul prison.