Without getting into the murky waters of the detailed issues at hand, I find it interesting that the Turkish PM storms off in Gaza row:

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stormed off the stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos after an argument with Israel’s president.

Mr Erdogan clashed with Shimon Peres in a discussion on the recent fighting in the Gaza Strip, telling him: “You are killing people.”

How can Erdogan assert such a passionate role given the recent history of Turkish relations with the PKK?

Iraq’s foreign minister has warned of serious consequences if Turkey launches a ground assault against Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq.

Hoshyar Zebari told the BBC that the current crisis was “dead serious” and accused Turkey of not seeking a peaceful solution.

He said Turkey had shown no interest in Iraqi proposals to calm the situation.

Turkey has 100,000 troops near the border and is threatening to attack the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Iraq.

More recently, after the US negotiated the withdrawal of Turkish forces from northern Iraq, Turkey bombed the Kurds:

Turkish air strikes in northern Iraq this week left more than 150 Kurdish rebels dead, the Turkish army says. […] Turkey has staged several cross-border raids into northern Iraq over the past few months in pursuit of the rebels.

Will Turkey use the Gaza conflict to come to terms with its own issues? Will they back down on the PKK and seek EU membership under conditions of human rights for Kurds that were formerly rejected?