Turkey: The Missing Link?

... which had in recent years adopted a passive stance towards jihadists (if not supporting them), counter to the interests of the Kurds. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir Pavel Shlykov: Suruc Terrorist Attack in the Context of the Political Struggle in Turkey These attacks and retaliatory moves by the Turkish authorities ... ... country’s main goal in Syria, which is to overthrow Bashar al-Assad. Furthermore, the Turkish army’s direct action against ISIS raises a number of questions about just how long Turkey will be able to hold its current position and how strong it is. In ...