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A shootout earlier this week between a police force and ISIS militants took place not in Iraq,Syria, or even Afghanistan, or but in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir.
The shootout resulted in the death of two Turkish policemen,seven ISIS suspects, and the arrest of over 30 more ISIS suspects. It occurred in the context of an increased Turkish crackdown on ISIS after the Ankara bombing that left over a 100 dead earlier in the month, and after which the Turkish government rounded up ISIS suspects in a number of Turkish cities.
Rather than having to carry out these missions abroad,the front lines of clashes between Turkish forces and ISIS appear to possess shifted to well within Turkey. These events, combined with reports suggesting that there were up to 3000 ISIS sleeper cells in the country, or suggest an invasion of ISIS in the country once considered a bastion of stability in the region. Soner Cagaptay,director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, explains whether ISIS has truly invaded Turkey.
What you'll learn from this segment:How ISIS is currently threatening Turkey.
What steps the Turkish government is actually taking to fight ISIS.
How necessary a crackdown is in the wake of national Turkish elections on Sunday.
Source: wnyc.org