Will Turkey nevertheless participate in the operation against the “Islamic state”? Erdogan has now indicated. However, he faces a dilemma.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan includes military support in the fight against the terrorist militia “Islamic State” no longer (IS) from. Prior to his speech at the UN General Assembly in New York Erdogan said, according to the news agency dpa to reporters after his return to Ankara he would consult with the government on how Turkey could support international action against the IS.

When asked whether support could also be of a military nature, Erdogan said: “It includes all types, military, political, everything.” The U.S. air attacks on the IS-militias in Syria he said: “Of course, this step against these goals, particularly against the terrorist organization in the area, a move that we consider to be positive.” Similarly, the date also restrained British Prime Minister David Cameron said: “You can not stay out of the fight against IS,” he told the BBC.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced that the parliament in Ankara will deal on Thursday of next week with the next steps. Ankara will not hesitate to take all precautions to protect Turkey against possible hazards in the region.

So far, Turkey is not officially involved in the fight against the IS. Turkish government officials said on Wednesday that no aircraft from the U.S. Incirlik Base were involved in southern Turkey in the attacks against positions of the IS in northern Syria. Also had not flown through in the attacks of Turkish airspace.

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This has to do with the foreign policy dilemma, in which Turkey has maneuvered: The government has set early on one end of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria and supported since virtually all the forces that fought against him – even radical Islamists. The military intervention against the IS could, however, strengthen the Assad regime.

Turkey has for the fight against IS therefore been assured only humanitarian aid and already recorded 1.5 million refugees from Syria after government figures. The West Turkey would like to integrate tightly in a coalition against the IS-wing extremists. The reason for their reluctance Turkey had previously indicated concern about 49 mostly Turkish hostages since Saturday but are free again.

Finally, the terrorists had launched an attack on the area near the Turkish border and more than 140,000 Kurds forced to flee to Turkey. The US-led coalition had then extended their attacks to areas in northern Syria. On Wednesday morning, fighter jets bombed targets near the town of Ain ​​al-Arab, which is called by its Kurdish population Kobani.

The United States and its Arab allies had begun on Tuesday to extend the attacks on the IS on targets in Syria. The government in Damascus had recently been informed by the air strikes. On the inserts according to the Pentagon also Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are involved.

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