USA TODAY | Turkey shuns key role in fighting Islamic State USA TODAY ISTANBUL — Turkey is strategically located along the Iraq and Syria borders, hosts a U.S. air base and has been a main source of Islamic State recruits. Yet NATO's second-biggest force is likely to play only a limited role in the U.S.-led coalition ... UNDERSTANDING TURKEY'S STANCE ON ISIS A NATO ally stays on sidelines of fight against Islamic State ISIS Draws a Steady Stream of Recruits From Turkey |
Wall Street Journal | Turkey Renews Syria Buffer-Zone Push As US Builds Coalition Wall Street Journal Now, as the Obama administration urges Turkey and European and Arab nations to participate in a U.S.-led effort to fight Islamic State militants who have seized control of territories in Iraq and Syria, Ankara might have more leverage in its request ... |
Middle East Eye | Exiled Brotherhood officials may find home in Turkey Al-Monitor Yasar Yakis, Turkey's foreign minister during the first term of Justice and Development Party (AKP) rule, told Al-Monitor that this is a critical piece of information when considering the arrival of Amr Darrag, the Brotherhood's foreign relations ... Qatar and Turkey as supporters of terrorism Former Egyptian minister 'seeks asylum' in Turkey Turkey Open to Bids for Refuge by Muslim Brotherhood Exiles |
RT | Turkey urges more information sharing on foreign jihadists Yahoo News "Turkey cannot fight this matter on its own. First and foremost, it needs information and intelligence sharing with our allies, like Germany, Europe and the United States," Mevlut Cavusoglu said at a press conference with his German counterpart in Berlin. Foreign fighters also a threat to Turkey: FM Cavusoglu Turkey says it plans to stop flow of IS fighters |
Achiever | Oldham High senior living in Turkey The Courier-Journal Achievement: Kyle has been selected to participate in the YES Abroad program — The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Abroad — through the U.S. Department of State. Kyle is one of 65 students nationally, and the only student from Kentucky to be ... |
Breitbart News | Obama Speech Leads to More ISIS Recruits, Mainly from Turkey Breitbart News "Turkey paved the way for us. Had Turkey not shown such understanding for us, the Islamic State would not be in its current place. It [Turkey] showed us affection. Large [numbers] of our mujahedeen received medical treatment in Turkey,” said an ... TURKEY, AN UNDEPENDABLE ALLY, REALLY? |
BBC News | Turkey mulls 'buffer zone' against Islamic State BBC News Turkey is developing plans for a buffer zone on its border with Iraq and Syria, to counter the threat from Islamic State militants, its president says. Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Turkish media the military were working on the plans, which he would then ... |
Turkey Should Be the Strongest Ally Against ISIS, But It Won't Be New York Times Given its long border with Syria and Iraq and the threat ISIS poses to its domestic security as host to 1.2 million Syrian refugees, Turkey should be a natural candidate for cooperation with the United States against ISIS. But the government is ... |
Middle East Eye | Turkey seeks quicker visa-waivers as EU membership talks drag on Middle East Eye Turkey began EU entry talks in 2005 and signed an agreement to allow visa-free travel in the EU for Turkish citizens at the end of last year. However, unlike other EU accession countries such as Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Turkish nationals have ... |
TURKEY EVOKES HIGH HOPES FOR BOSNIA Daily Sabah For Bosnians today, support given by contemporary Turkey provides a very important sense of security. However, they are also worried about the strengthening Bosnian political elites taking advantage of Turkey's support. At a time of skyhigh ... |