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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts) Tue Dec 1, 2015, 10:35 PM Dec 2015

Turkey: adversary or ally of IS?

For Ankara, the Islamic State (IS) group is an officially-listed terrorist organisation which poses an immediate threat to Turkish territory. But for critics, Turkey directly encouraged the rise of the group in Syria and has even profited from its success.

The criticism against Turkey is now led by Russian President Vladimir Putin who has made a string of angry allegations about Ankara's alleged collusion with IS in the wake of the shooting-down of a Russian warplane on the Syrian border by Turkey on November 24.

Who is telling the truth?

Has Turkey ever backed IS

http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/turkey-adversary-or-ally-of-is/article/451017

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Turkey: adversary or ally of IS? (Original Post) Jesus Malverde Dec 2015 OP

Sometimes. Rex Dec 2015 #1

Good Question 2naSalit Dec 2015 #2

I think it is neither. Turkey has its own agenda Agnosticsherbet Dec 2015 #3

Many ISIS recruits from around the world moondust Dec 2015 #4

Rex

(65,616 posts)

1. Sometimes.

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Tue Dec 1, 2015, 10:36 PM

Dec 2015

2naSalit

(86,817 posts)

2. Good Question

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Tue Dec 1, 2015, 10:36 PM

Dec 2015

Don't know the answer.

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)

3. I think it is neither. Turkey has its own agenda

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Tue Dec 1, 2015, 10:43 PM

Dec 2015

They will use IS, attack it, or ignore it as fits their agenda.

They would not mind of ISIS wipes the Kurds off the Face of the earth.

Assad is not a friend of Turkey.

They also would like to see a return of the Ottoman empire and weakening everyone else in the region fits that agenda.

moondust

(20,010 posts)

4. Many ISIS recruits from around the world

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Wed Dec 2, 2015, 01:11 AM

Dec 2015

apparently traveled through Turkey to get to Iraq/Syria and join the ISIS gang. Why didn't Turkey stop them?

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