New York Times | Turkey Inching Toward Alliance With US in Syria Conflict New York Times KARACA, Turkey — No American ally is closer to the threat of the Islamic State than Turkey, and no country could play a more important role in a coalition that President Obama is assembling to combat the extremist Sunni militants. Yet Turkey has been ... US-led airstrikes hit Islamic State near Syria-Turkey border Is Turkey finally ready to aid military strikes against ISIS? Islamic State tightens grip on Syrian border town; shells hit Turkey |
Wall Street Journal | US Turns Up the Heat on Turkey Over Islamic State Wall Street Journal ISTANBUL—Turkey is showing signs of shifting to a more active role in the campaign against extremist group Islamic State as the government faces pressure from impatient U.S. and Arab officials. President Barack Obama called Turkish President Recep ... |
Daily Sabah | Turkey in full cooperation with anti-ISIS coalition, says president Daily Sabah Despite various attempts by the Western media to imply Turkey was tied to the growth of the ISIS threat, Erdoğan's stance on the anti-ISIS coalition and how to tackle the terrorist group silenced most critics. Before his return to Turkey, Erdoğan met ... Will Turkey join the fight against ISIL? What Did Turkey Give IS in Exchange for Hostages? West, Turkey oil partners of ISIL: Analyst |
Al-Arabiya | Zakaria: Turkey key to anti-ISIS strategy CNN (blog) If you end up coordinating with Turkey, you begin with airpower, which would be American, but also Turkish. The Turks have a very good air force. And then you have hot pursuit, which the Turkish army could do. They wouldn't stay in Syrian territory ... Among US partners striking Syria, Turkey is missing New air strikes on ISIS, Turkey hints at military role US warplanes target ISIS with airstrikes in Syria near Turkey border |
Florida Today | 4M gallons of wastewater flows to Turkey Creek Florida Today PALM BAY – Signs along Turkey Creek warn not to swim or fish due to an "illicit discharge" that has sent bacteria in the water to unsafe levels. Since Wednesday, 4 million gallons of semi-treated sewage has overflowed into the creek, after heavy rains ... |
ABC News | Turkey's Erdogan Calls for No-Fly Zone in Syria ABC News But Turkey is eager to re-focus the world's attention on removing Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime from power as well as fighting the Islamic State militants who are battling Kurdish forces just over the border in Syria, triggering a refugee ... |
Reuters | Shells land in Turkey as Islamic State advances on Syrian border town Reuters KARACA Turkey (Reuters) - Islamic State fighters edged towards a strategic town on northern Syria's border with Turkey on Friday, battling Kurdish forces and sending at least two shells into Turkish territory, witnesses said. Islamic State launched an ... |
Partisan politics drive Turkey's financial policies Today's Zaman Senior Emerging Markets Economist William Jackson from Capital Economics, a consultancy company, has told Today's Zaman that Turkey's economy is in a “pretty precarious state” and “really needs to encourage investment, particularly domestic investment ... |
Newsweek | US and France Warn Their Citizens in Turkey of Possible Terror Attacks Newsweek The U.S. Embassy in Ankara said Turkey's eastern and southeastern regions, parts of which border Syria and Iraq, were particularly vulnerable although it had no information on any specific threats. "Following the commencement of military action against ... |
Shells fall on Turkey as battle for border town of Kobane rages The Independent The fighting was visible from Turkey, where some protesters stormed a border fence to go to defend Kobane. Turkish police fired tear gas to break up the protests. Several hundred unarmed protesters who had gathered on the Turkish side in solidarity ... |