Do ISIS Seeks To Maintain The Support Of Turkey?
KABUL: (MEP) After that the Justice and Development Party took over the reins of power in Turkey, tourism has played an important role in securing the Turkish government budget while Turkish cities, especially Antalya, Izmir, Bodrum, Kemer, Kusadasi, Marmaris become global destination for millions of tourists.
KABUL: (MEP) After that the Justice and Development Party took over the reins of power in Turkey, tourism has played an important role in securing the Turkish government budget while Turkish cities, especially Antalya, Izmir, Bodrum, Kemer, Kusadasi, Marmaris become global destination for millions of tourists.
Economic importance of tourism incomes for Turkey came along with the collusion of the so-called Islamist Justice and Development Party government regarding corruption in Turkey’s tourist centers. The Turkish city of Hopa has become known center of sex tourism industry after the deliberate neglect of the Turkish state in the past years.
In concomitant with developments in Aleppo and the decline of Turkish strongly worded statements against the Syrian government, ISIS is trying to gain Turkey’s support. “Moscow has information proving ISIS-Ankara cooperation as the negotiations between the Turkish government and the leaders of ISIS terrorist group continue,” the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov declared. Meanwhile intelligence sources revealed ISIS new attempts to draw Turkish support in various fields in favor of the terrorist group.
Bilateral cooperation between Turkey and ISIS led both sides to use each other in achieving strategic goals. In the same context, Osman Baydemir Turkish parliamentarian said that Erdoğan would prefer al-Nusra Front and al-Qaeda on Kurds to be Turkey’s neighbors referring to Turkish collaboration with ISIS in the suppression of Kurdish protests in the country.
Criticism directed against ISIS due to the legalization of ethical scandals and drug abuse under titles such as sexual jihad, forced ISIS leaders to plan targeting Turkish tourist cities in the context of a particular political agenda. The intelligence sources warned about the possibility of bombing prestigious hotels in Antalya by ISIS terrorist organization.
According to analysts, Turkey’s dependence on the financial resources of tourism will convince Ahmet Davutoğlu’s government to continue providing logistics support for ISIS. On the other hand, Observers believe that after weeks of heavy losses of ISIS terrorists in Syria and the low morale of the supporters of the organization, new terrorist attack on Turkish tourist centers will help ISIS in justifying itself in face of its opponents.
