Trouble in Turkey, as al-Qaida Becomes a Neighbor bit.ly/16woq3T The porous border between Turkey and Syria has become increasingly dangerous. This month, the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State of Iraq and Syria took control of the city of Azaz, near Turkey, and began working its way towards the border. And Turkish warplanes shot down a Syrian helicopter it claimed had crossed into Turkish airspace. On top of that, a never-ending stream of refugees continues to flood southern Turkish cities. We asked Gokhan Bacik, an analyst and associate professor of international relations at Ankara’s Ipek University, to weigh in on the implications.
Posted on: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:15:00 +0000
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