Does ISIS Seek to Maintain the Support of Turkey?

Many fear ISIS will begin targeting Turkish cities.

Courtesy: fightisis.wordpress.com

(SALEM, Ore.) - After the Justice and Development Party took over the reins of power in Turkey, tourism has played an important role in securing the Turkish government budget while Turkish cities, especially Antalya, Izmir, Bodrum, Kemer, Kusadasi and Marmaris become global destinations for millions of tourists.

The economic importance of tourism revenue for Turkey came along with the collusion of the so-called Islamist Justice and Development Party government regarding corruption in Turkey's tourist centres.

The Turkish city of Hopa has become known as the center of the sex tourism industry after the deliberate neglect of the Turkish state over the past years.

In concomitant with developments in Aleppo and the decline of Turkey's strongly worded statements against the Syrian government, ISIS is trying to gain Turkey's support.

“Moscow has information proving ISIS-Ankara cooperation as the negotiations between the Turkish government and the leaders of ISIS terrorist group continue,” the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, declared.

Meanwhile, intelligence sources reveal new attempts from ISIS to draw Turkish support in various fields in favor for the terrorist group.

Bilateral cooperation between Turkey and ISIS led both sides to use each other in achieving strategic goals. In the same context, Osman Baydemir, Turkish parliamentarian, said that Erdoğan would prefer al-Nusra Front and al-Qaeda on Kurds to be Turkey's neighbors - referring to Turkish collaboration with ISIS in the suppression of Kurdish protests in the country.

Criticism directed against ISIS due to the legalization of ethical scandals and drug abuse under titles such as sexual jihad, forced ISIS leaders to begin targeting Turkish tourist cities in the context of a particular political agenda.

The intelligence sources warned about the possibility of bombing prestigious hotels in Antalya by the ISIS terrorist organization.

According to analysts, Turkey's dependence on the financial resources of tourism will convince Ahmet Davutoğlu's government to continue providing logistics support for ISIS.

On the other hand, Observers believe that after weeks of heavy losses of ISIS terrorists in Syria and the low morale of the supporters of the organization, new terrorist attack on Turkish tourist centers will help ISIS in justifying itself in face of its opponents.