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Thursday, March 26, 2015

Are Turkey's young IS recruits now a domestic threat? - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

Are Turkey's young IS recruits now a domestic threat?

Turkish media extensively covered the story of 19-year-old Suleyman Bengi crossing the border to Syria and joining the Islamic State (IS). Suleyman, a freshman dentistry student at a prominent Ankara university and son of an academic, took along with him his 16-year-old twin brothers Dilar and Dilsat. Everyone is asking what could have motivated a young man from a well-to-do, educated family to embark on such an adventure.

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