and today is a day of retributi retribution. targeting the army and the positions were attacked in neighboring northern iraq. reports of more than 100 pro-kurdish political activists rounded up in raids country wide. this is the issue. this is what you were stating. rightly so. saturday's attack in istanbul was the 17th major terrorist attack by either kurdish militants or isis in turkey this past year alone. then you have the political instability and polarization brought by the failed coup in the summer. it would not be an understatement to suggest this is one of the tumultuous years in modern history.