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Turkey Signals Willingness To Join Coalition Against ISIS - NPR (blog) Sun, 28 Sep 2014 14:47:35 GMT

NPR (blog)
Turkey Signals Willingness To Join Coalition Against ISIS
NPR (blog)
Saying his country will do "whatever is needed" to help fight the extremist group ISIS, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has reached what local media are calling "a point of determination." That's according to a news briefing Erdogan ...
Kurds say Turkey not doing enough to stop Islamic StateUSA TODAY
Turkey's PKK peace process 'at risk' from Syria crisisBBC News
Turkey Inching Toward Alliance With US in Syria ConflictNew York Times
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US-led coalition strikes ISIS fighters attacking Syrian border with Turkey - Fox News Sun, 28 Sep 2014 19:42:42 GMT

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US-led coalition strikes ISIS fighters attacking Syrian border with Turkey
Fox News
The Islamic State group's assault on the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani has sent more than 100,000 refugees streaming across the border into Turkey in recent days as Kurdish forces from Iraq and Turkey have raced to the front lines to defend the town.

Turkey Switches Rhetoric On Fight Against ISIS, Calls For No-Fly Zone - International Business Times Sun, 28 Sep 2014 21:16:37 GMT

International Business Times
Turkey Switches Rhetoric On Fight Against ISIS, Calls For No-Fly Zone
International Business Times
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- In his first public address in country since the release of 49 hostages held by Islamic State extremists, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey officially would join the international coalition fight against ISIS, but said it ...

Talking turkey (and Turkey) with Matt Bonner - Pounding The Rock Sun, 28 Sep 2014 23:02:36 GMT

Pounding The Rock
Talking turkey (and Turkey) with Matt Bonner
Pounding The Rock
"Well, in English speaking countries they named the country "Turkey," because it sounded close enough to Turkiye, which is actually the name of it over there, and also because at the time they thought turkeys originated there. In Turkey though, Turkiye ...

SHOULD TURKEY HAVE A REGIONAL ISLAM POLICY? - Daily Sabah Sun, 28 Sep 2014 23:31:58 GMT

SHOULD TURKEY HAVE A REGIONAL ISLAM POLICY?
Daily Sabah
The operation showed that Turkey has an "operational depth" in Syria and Iraq. There is a debate whether this rescue will change the stance of Turkey, which is visibly relieved after the freeing of the hostages, toward the coalition formed against the ...

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US-led airstrikes hit Syria oil refinery near Turkey - USA TODAY Sun, 28 Sep 2014 15:54:18 GMT

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US-led airstrikes hit Syria oil refinery near Turkey
USA TODAY
SANILURFA, Turkey (AP) — Airstrikes likely carried out by a U.S.-led coalition struck an oil refinery in Syria held by the Islamic State group Sunday, a witness said, shaking buildings and sending flames shooting into the air near the Turkish border ...

Sen. King: 'Turkey's got to fish or cut bait' - The Hill Sun, 28 Sep 2014 15:44:10 GMT

Sen. King: 'Turkey's got to fish or cut bait'
The Hill
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) on Sunday urged President Obama to help bring Turkey into the coalition of countries fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). King applauded Obama for bringing Middle East nations like Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the ...

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Zakaria: Turkey key to anti-ISIS strategy - CNN (blog) Sun, 28 Sep 2014 02:10:24 GMT

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 ...

Turkey Wants Secure Syria Zone as Militants Strike Kurds - Bloomberg Sun, 28 Sep 2014 21:01:26 GMT

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Turkey Wants Secure Syria Zone as Militants Strike Kurds
Bloomberg
The coalition struck Islamic State militants near the border with Turkey, where they have been battling Kurdish fighters for control of the town of Kobani, also known as Ayn al-Arab, the U.S. Central Command said Sept. 27. The clashes have forced ...

Turkey backs ISIS to eliminate Assad - WND.com Sat, 27 Sep 2014 23:10:34 GMT

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Turkey backs ISIS to eliminate Assad
WND.com
At first, Turkey did not take action because ISIS, which now calls itself the Islamic State, was holding hostage 49 its diplomats who were captured when ISIS blitzkrieged into Iraq from Syria last June and took over the city of Mosul. However, the ...