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=== Ties with ISIS and other Syrian Islamist rebels ===
=== Ties with ISIS and other Syrian Islamist rebels ===
Erdogan has been accused of having once helped the terrorist group ISIS,<ref>[https://nypost.com/2019/09/21/why-isnt-the-media-covering-turkish-president-erdogans-ties-to-isis/ Why isn’t the media covering Turkish President Erdogan’s ties to ISIS]</ref> involving oil trade<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-russia-turkey/russia-says-it-has-proof-turkey-involved-in-islamic-state-oil-trade-idUSKBN0TL19S20151202 Russia says it has proof Turkey involved in Islamic State oil trade]</ref>, giving free passage to fighters<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/for-western-jihadists-path-to-isis-runs-through-turkey For Western jihadists, path to ISIS runs through Turkey]</ref> and allowing arms shipments to ISIS.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/18/turkey-cut-islamic-state-supply-lines-erdogan-isis Turkey could cut off Islamic State’s supply lines. So why doesn’t it?]</ref> And it was reported in 2015 that Turkey’s state intelligence agency helped deliver arms to parts of Syria under Islamist rebel control during late 2013 and early 2014.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-turkey-arms/exclusive-turkish-intelligence-helped-ship-arms-to-syrian-islamist-rebel-areas-idUSKBN0O61L220150521 Exclusive: Turkish intelligence helped ship arms to Syrian Islamist rebel areas]</ref>
Erdogan has been accused of having once helped the terrorist group ISIS,<ref>[https://nypost.com/2019/09/21/why-isnt-the-media-covering-turkish-president-erdogans-ties-to-isis/ Why isn’t the media covering Turkish President Erdogan’s ties to ISIS]</ref> involving oil trade<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-russia-turkey/russia-says-it-has-proof-turkey-involved-in-islamic-state-oil-trade-idUSKBN0TL19S20151202 Russia says it has proof Turkey involved in Islamic State oil trade]</ref>, giving free passage to fighters<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/for-western-jihadists-path-to-isis-runs-through-turkey For Western jihadists, path to ISIS runs through Turkey]</ref> and allowing arms shipments to ISIS.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/18/turkey-cut-islamic-state-supply-lines-erdogan-isis Turkey could cut off Islamic State’s supply lines. So why doesn’t it?]</ref> And it was reported in 2015 that Turkey’s state intelligence agency helped deliver arms to parts of Syria under Islamist rebel control during late 2013 and early 2014.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-turkey-arms/exclusive-turkish-intelligence-helped-ship-arms-to-syrian-islamist-rebel-areas-idUSKBN0O61L220150521 Exclusive: Turkish intelligence helped ship arms to Syrian Islamist rebel areas]</ref>
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