Turkey’s President Erdogan has aroused suspicion in the West by dragging his feet against the Islamic State and moving much more energetically against the Kurds than against the jihadis. But he has allowed the US to use a Turkish air base, and so that has lost him any sympathy he might have had among Islamic State supporters.
“IS calls on Turkish Muslims to join jihad,” Associated Press, August 18, 2015:
ANKARA, Turkey — Islamic State calls Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a traitor for allowing the US to use air bases for strikes against the group, and urges Muslims in Turkey to support the extremist group and fight the “crusaders, atheists and tyrants.”
An IS video message released on Twitter on Monday shows a Turkish-speaking fighter, flanked by two others, accusing Erdogan of permitting the US to “bombard the people of Islam.”
Six F-16 fighter jets arrived at a Turkish air base last week and began flying missions against the IS group over Syria.
Jay Boo says
“crusaders, atheists and tyrants.”
These Muslims forgot to add Zionists to their list this time .
Jan III Sobieski says
Great, this IS statement indicates the new U.S. bombing is killing the Islamic Supremacists murders.
The bombing is stopping Islamic Extremists from murdering and raping innocent people. God Bless the anti-extremist coalition.
mortimer says
Erdogan is not Islamic enough…as a ‘hypocrite’ (one who plays at being a Muslim), Erdogan has been condemned.
Erdogan’s real identity is that of a Turkish racial supremacist…a Nazi…Erdogan’s real goal is to ethnically cleanse Turkey to make it ‘pure’ for Turks only. Islam is a subterfuge to reach that goal.
Rob Crawford says
I don’t think he’d mind being caliph, though.
nicu says
what do they want ?
Turkey – bombs Kurdish – ok they are Muslims , too – but …. Turkey supports ISIS !
Pr126 says
Well, Obama said that ISIL are not Islamic, and they are not Muslims.
So it is perfectly OK to bomb them, as no Islam or Muslims are harmed.
Furthermore, Islamic clerics said the same.
What is the problem?
Angemon says
And surprises no one…
Jack HOLAN says
Erodgan was so clever playing the West, taking away his peoples hopes, screwing the Kurds after the election but now he has messed with the gangster boys, The HeadChoppers. It wasn’t great knowing Erodgan Bye
cs says
How ungrateful dumbasses.
Voytek Gagalka says
The biggest punishments for those jihadis beyond flushing them with the pig’s blood would be to amputate their forefingers so they will be unable to claim it as their symbol.
gravenimage says
Islamic State accuses Erdogan of letting US “bombard the people of Islam”
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Turkey has actually been supporting the Islamic State–but Erdogan is still considered “insufficiently Islamic”. This is hardly the first time we’ve seen this…