"The developments in Syria and the larger Middle East have a direct effect on the peace process in Turkey," said Zagros Hiwa, spokesman for the political wing of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.

The attacks "against the Kurds are a plot and conspiracy against the peace process and they indicate a setback in the process", he told AFP.

Syria's government and Kurdish forces on Saturday extended a truce by 15 days after the Kurds lost large areas to government forces during weeks of clashes.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) find themselves now restricted to Kurdish-majority areas in the country's north.

Turkey is a close ally of Syria's new leadership that overthrew Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, and which is now seeking to extend state control across Syria.

Ankara is simultaneously leading a drive to reach a settlement with the PKK -- listed as a terror group by Turkey and its Western allies.

Last year, the PKK said it was ending its four-decade insurgency in favour of democratic means, but the process has largely stalled amid the stand-off in Syria.

Turkey accuses the Syrian Kurdish forces of being an offshoot of the PKK.

Hiwa said the PKK's "commitment to the peace process is a strategic issue".

But he added that "the new strategy does not exclude the urgency of self-defence".

Earlier this month, a PKK commander said his group would "never abandon" Kurds in Syria and that it would "do whatever is necessary".

On Tuesday, Hiwa said there are "hopes for a permanent ceasefire" in Syria.

But he warned that "in case of further escalation and acts of genocide against the Kurds, we will surely re-evaluate the situation".