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ISTANBUL -- The current situation in Turkey is nothing short of apocalyptic. Radical Islamists who have turned the country into a "jihadi highway" to Syria -- while Ankara has looked the other way -- are now carrying out attacks within Turkey itself. Following last week's ISIS-linked bombing in the Turkish border town of Suruç, which killed 32 civilians, it is no longer possible for Turkey to ignore the threat posed by ISIS. Official figures estimate that the group has 700 Turkish citizens in its ranks and that there are dozens of ISIS cells in major cities like Istanbul and Ankara. Residents of such cities have been on the alert for the past few days, with warnings of imminent bomb attacks in public places.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/behlal-azkan/turkey-on-the-road-to-armageddon_b_7900004.html
WTF did Turkey expect was going to happen...when ISIS first appeared, I saw maps of "The Caliphate" that included Turkey as part of their territory. Turkey probably could have helped stop this long ago.
AllFieldsRequired
(489 posts)actually, I dont.
Actually, I wish we could try them for war crimes.
This is their mess.
flamingdem
(39,335 posts)Warpy
(111,417 posts)I knew they were headed for serious trouble when the Islamists got in, never mind the explosive growth of ISIS (yes I see what I did there).
Even without ISIS, they'd have been in for a lot of trouble. The secularism pursued by every leader from Ataturk onward has always rankled the patriarchs.
It's a shame, I know too many reasonable people there.
neverforget
(9,437 posts)An attack on one is an attack on all......