The Guardian view on Turkey’s air strikes against Isis: dangerous territory
A potentially momentous shift in the Middle East was signalled this week as Turkish warplanes attacked Islamic State positions in Syria and the Ankara government finally agreed that the US can use Turkish bases for its missions against Isis. A big security sweep, detaining people suspected of being Isis agents and Kurdish militants, accompanied these military moves. If Turkey continues in this new direction, the air campaign against Isis will be strengthened and the flow of people, money and arms through Turkey to Isis in Syria will be curtailed. But the way in which both Isis and the Kurdistan Workers’ party, or PKK, have both been targeted suggests the outcome may also be complicated and dangerous on the ground in Turkey itself.
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