How Can Turkey Prevent Jihadists from Heading to Syria?
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iStock/Thinkstock(ISTANBUL) — Sealing Turkey’s border to prevent jihadists from traveling to Syria is impossible, according to the country’s prime minister.
Closing the 600 mile border, says Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, is not feasible, especially with the thousands of refugees who continue to cross from Syria into Turkey every day.
In an interview with the Times of London, the prime minister asked, “All those people who are escaping by walking, should we close the border to them? Is that ethically acceptable?”
Turkey has come under fire from the international community about the number of would-be fighters that have crossed the porous border in Syria to join the Islamic State and other extremist groups.
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