Turkey’s government could seek parliament’s approval for military action against the Islamic State (IS) organisation within the next 24 hours, officials said Monday, in the latest sign of the country’s changing stance on combating the jihadist group.
"The motions have not yet been sent to parliament. They may come tomorrow," parliamentary speaker Cemil Cicek was quoted as saying by Turkey’s NTV television.
The motions for military mandates in Iraq and Syria could be debated as soon as Thursday, according to Turkish newspaper Hurriyet.
It would represent the most concrete step in a string of recent indications that Turkey is moving away from its previous reluctance to engage in an armed conflict with IS, as the militant group continues to occupy vast swaths of Iraqi and Syrian territory.
This post was published at France24
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