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Oct. 13, 2014 | 03:30 PM (Last updated: October 13, 2014 | 04:33 PM)


A Turkish official says there is no new agreement with the United States on using an air base in southern Turkey for operations against the Islamic State group.

Turkey and the United States are still talking about the Incirlik air base as well as Turkish demands for the creation of a no-fly zone and a safe haven for refugees, the government official told the Associated Press on Monday. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the issue publicly.

On Sunday, U.S. defense officials said Turkey would let U.S. and coalition forces use its bases against Islamic State militants.

On the ground, a suicide bomber from the Islamic State group detonated his vehicle Monday in the Syrian border town of Kobani amid fierce fighting with Kurdish militiamen there.

Islamic State extremists has carved out a vast stretch of territory from northern Syria to the outskirts of Baghdad and imposed a harsh version of Islamic rule. The fighters have massacred hundreds of captured Iraqi and Syrian soldiers, terrorized religious minorities, and beheaded two American journalists and two British aid workers.

In addition, hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled into Turkey from Syria recently ahead of the militants.

A U.S.-led coalition has been carrying out airstrikes against the militant targets in and around Kobani for more than two weeks. The town's fate has emerged as a major test of whether the air campaign can roll back the extremists in Syria.

The sound of explosions and occasional gunfire could be heard across the border from Kobani a day after Kurdish fighters managed to slow the advance of the jihadist group. What appeared to be a rocket-propelled grenade struck a minaret in the center of the town, emitting a cloud of white smoke.

Activists said Islamic State militants were carrying out a three-pronged attack from the eastern side of the town and that clashes were reported in the southern part.

The Syrian Kurdish enclave has been the scene of heavy fighting since late last month, with the better-armed Islamic State fighters determined to capture the border post.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said an Islamic State suicide bomber detonated a car filled with explosives in the northern part of Kobani near the border with Turkey on Monday. It said the car was headed to the border crossing between Kobani and Turkey.

A Kurdish activist in the town, Farhad Shami, said the vehicle appeared to have exploded prematurely. It was not immediately clear whether there were any casualties.

Shami said coalition aircraft flying over Kobani had struck 10 times Sunday and Monday.
Turkey: No new deal with US on using air base | News , Middle East | THE DAILY STAR
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And Belgian news agencies are publishing articles that Turkey has allowed the USA to use incirlik and other bases in Turkey (for air attacks on Syria). These contradicting news articles + anti turkish PR started to really piss me off. Not a single day passes that I dont need to explain someone Turkeys stance on IS and why Turkey does not aid the Kurds in Kobani. The general western public is fed with anti Turkey propaganda for the last couple of days/weeks.
 
And Belgian news agencies are publishing articles that Turkey has allowed the USA to use incirlik and other bases in Turkey (for air attacks on Syria). These contradicting news articles + anti turkish PR started to really piss me off. Not a single day passes that I dont need to explain someone Turkeys stance on IS and why Turkey does not aid the Kurds in Kobani. The general western public is fed with anti Turkey propaganda for the last couple of days/weeks.
Awel,het zijn Belgen he,van den regen in den druppe,van den domme,van den rappe,van den achterlijke enzovoort.
What do you expect with such last names,you need to explain it a 100 times before they(not all) get it.
Our interests before others,if they dont understand,who cares.
 
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Awel,het zijn Belgen he,van den regen in den druppe,van den domme,van den rappe,van den achterlijke enzovoort.
What do you expect with such last names,you need to explain it a 100 times before they(not all) get it.
Our interests before others,if they dont understand,who cares.
Het zijn niet alleen de Belgen, het is gans de Westerse wereld. Last couple of days ive send a dozen of emails to all kind of news portals because they are all spreading lies
 
Het zijn niet alleen de Belgen, het is gans de Westerse wereld. Last couple of days ive send a dozen of emails to all kind of news portals because they are all spreading lies
Dont worry,they will all change their views on Turkiye when the time comes.
 
Het zijn niet alleen de Belgen, het is gans de Westerse wereld. Last couple of days ive send a dozen of emails to all kind of news portals because they are all spreading lies

No country on earth can pressure us to join a war. Us couldn't force us in Iraqi War. Nor Hitler neither Allies could force us into WW2.

War is not childs play and we are not stupid to join a war because of Westerners biassed media.
 
No country on earth can pressure us to join a war. Us couldn't force us in Iraqi War. Nor Hitler neither Allies could force us into WW2.

War is not childs play and we are not stupid to join a war because of Westerners biassed media.
Thats true, but the general opinion in europe is changing against turkey thanks to those lies. Turkey needs to ramp up its pr. The Turkish politics in WW2 where amazing.
 
Thats true, but the general opinion in europe is changing against turkey thanks to those lies. Turkey needs to ramp up its pr. The Turkish politics in WW2 where amazing.
Public opinion and government opinion are completely different. The US and Europe are not going to fall out with Turkey. To do so would be suicidal as far as influence in the Middle East is concerned.Erdogan, while he might make anti American noises to appeal to the public, has in practice supported most US policies in the region.
 
Turks will never allow any aid to Kurds.
only looking at the amount of Kurdish refugees, Turkey has welcomed enough to contradict your statement. Turkey has no problem with Kurds and vice versa, no matter how much the world wants to instigate a fire between our people. i think we can all agree that pkk/pyd, isis, falun gong, boko haram, ira etc. dont represent all the people of its etnicity of which its members are made up of.
 
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Thats true, but the general opinion in europe is changing against turkey thanks to those lies. Turkey needs to ramp up its pr. The Turkish politics in WW2 where amazing.

Steve told it before me. :)

Public opinion is unimportant. They were all cheering for Turkey. Erdoğan was on Time, Westerners were saying "Turkey role model for Middleeast" :)
Now they are bashing on Turkey.
A few years later they will be praising Turkey.

The important thing is here;
1- To play by the book. (Iran is a good example for a country that couldn't play by the book.)
2- Look out for our own interests.

That's it. Rest is unimportant.
 
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