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Turkey stands at the forefront of this scramble, firmly entrenched on Syria's northern border and hosting over three million Syrian refugees. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's main concern centers around perceived threats from Kurdish forces, particularly the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which have received significant backing from the United States in their battle against the Islamic State (ISIS). This complicates Turkey's actions as a NATO ally, which must navigate a web of contradictions in its efforts to eradicate what it perceives as terrorism linked to the PKK, a Kurdish group deemed a terrorist organization by Ankara.