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| Isis video urges people of Turkey to rise up and overthrow 'Satan' President Recep Erdogan | |
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| The Isis militant group has called for the people of Turkey to rise up and overthrow “Satan” – a reference to President Recep Erdoğan – in its first propaganda video responding to the formation of a US-Turkish military coalition. | The Isis militant group has called for the people of Turkey to rise up and overthrow “Satan” – a reference to President Recep Erdoğan – in its first propaganda video responding to the formation of a US-Turkish military coalition. |
| Last week, the US bombed Isis for the first time using manned aircraft based on Turkish soil, and Turkey’s foreign minister has said his country will begin a “comprehensive battle” against the militants soon. | Last week, the US bombed Isis for the first time using manned aircraft based on Turkish soil, and Turkey’s foreign minister has said his country will begin a “comprehensive battle” against the militants soon. |
| In response, Isis’s video shows a fighter speaking to camera in Turkish who declares that President Erdoğan has made his country “a slave to the crusaders”. | In response, Isis’s video shows a fighter speaking to camera in Turkish who declares that President Erdoğan has made his country “a slave to the crusaders”. |
| The militant can be seen urging the Turkish people to rise up against democracy and secularism, Daily Sabah reported, saying: “You need to repent from all the reasons – which are caused by this treacherous Satan (Erdoğan) and his friends – that bother you.” | The militant can be seen urging the Turkish people to rise up against democracy and secularism, Daily Sabah reported, saying: “You need to repent from all the reasons – which are caused by this treacherous Satan (Erdoğan) and his friends – that bother you.” |
| He adds: “Those who believe fight on the way of God, while disbelievers fight on the way of Satan.” | He adds: “Those who believe fight on the way of God, while disbelievers fight on the way of Satan.” |
| The first concerted American air strikes on Isis in Syria, launched from the strategic Incirlik base, came after the two countries agreed to establish an Isis-free “buffer zone” along the southern Turkish border. | The first concerted American air strikes on Isis in Syria, launched from the strategic Incirlik base, came after the two countries agreed to establish an Isis-free “buffer zone” along the southern Turkish border. |
| But while Turkey has agreed to “coordinate operations” with the US against Isis, until now its own air strikes have almost exclusively focused on separatist Kurdish rebels. | But while Turkey has agreed to “coordinate operations” with the US against Isis, until now its own air strikes have almost exclusively focused on separatist Kurdish rebels. |
| Meanwhile, Turkey has been caught up in its own internal political turmoil, with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu failing to produce a coalition to rule the country. | Meanwhile, Turkey has been caught up in its own internal political turmoil, with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu failing to produce a coalition to rule the country. |
| Senior officials in the ruling party said the mandate to form a government would be returned to President Erdoğan after weeks of talks. | Senior officials in the ruling party said the mandate to form a government would be returned to President Erdoğan after weeks of talks. |