Turkey has remained relatively silent in the global fight against ISIL, the so-called Islamic State. A bomb blast recently at the border town of Suruc led Turkey to start an air campaign against ISIL in Syria. The situation is not without controversy in the country and in the region. CCTV’s Natalie Carney covered the latest details on this story from Istanbul.
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For more on Turkey’s airstrike against ISIL, CCTV’s Mike Walter spoke with following guests:
- Cale Salih, from Oxford, is a visiting fellow to the European Council on Foreign Relations focusing on the Kurdish people.
- Daniel Serwer is a professor in conflict management at Johns Hopkins University.
- Tulin Daloglu from Ankara is a Turkish journalist and opinion writer.
- Joshua Walker is a transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund, a non-partisan U.S. think tank.