Turkey strategy toward ISIS and Kurds

“Given the overall posture of [ISIS], why else would it refrain from attacking a pro-Western NATO member?” Schanzer added.

 

The evidence of some sort of arrangement is piling up: Martin Chulov of The Guardian recently reported that a US-led raid on the compound housing ISIS’ “chief financial officer” detailed how Turkish officials directly dealt with ranking ISIS members.

 

The ties the ruling AKP established with ISIS extremists helped maintain some form of plausible neutrality in the conflict — but any crackdown could lead to severe blowback.

 

“It’s a dangerous game they’ve always been playing,” Schanzer told Business Insider.

 

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