"Hans-Jakob Schindler, terror expert and director of the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), calls this "an explosive situation": "Something like peace is just emerging between Turkey and the PKK, there are initial negotiations," says Schindler. For decades, there have been bloody clashes between Turkey and the PKK, which is classified as a terrorist organization in many countries. Now leader Abdullah Öcalan has called on the PKK and all groups associated with it to lay down their arms. Initial talks have taken place between him and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "The Turkish government's main aim is to prevent a Kurdish autonomous zone in Syria," explains Schindler. The SDF and the YPG militias, in turn, are closely linked to the PKK. Turkey has repeatedly threatened to launch offensives against the militias in recent years. The pressure on them is now growing, says Schindler. What if they are also required to lay down their arms?"

Commentary by CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler: "The attack on the Turkish arms company TUSAS in Ankara once again shows the ongoing violence between the Turkish government and the PKK. The security situation remains tense. Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler comments on this. Attack on TUSAS: Another round of violence. The attack on the Turkish arms company TUSAS in Ankara is just another round in the Turkish government's fight against the PKK. Since the terrorist organization was founded in 1978, it has not been possible to achieve a lasting end to the group's terrorist operations in the country."

"An exchange that took place on Turkish soil. […] Germany's willingness – according to DW – to release Vadim Krashikov (a former Russian security service (FSB) officer convicted of murdering a Chechen ex-Georgian officer in Berlin in 2019) and Turkey's role as a mediator were instrumental in made a historic prisoner swap between Russia and the West possible this week, according to Hans-Jakob Schindler, a German counter-extremism expert and senior director of the nonprofit Counter Extremism Project."

"As the Counter Extremism Project notes: 'The Islamic Republic of Iran has aggressively sought to remake the Middle East under its dominion, mainly by anchoring loyal 'proxies' in the region.'"

"'This is a right-wing extremist, deeply anti-Semitic movement that is directed against a free democratic basic order,' says terror expert Hans-Jakob Schindler from the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) in an interview with IPPEN.MEDIA ."