ISIS Problem and Turkey’s Position


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 Last updated: 2015-04-21

      On 21th of April, Abdulhamit Bilici, the general director of Cihan news agency from Turkey, made a special lecture at the International Conference Hall.  Bilici said ISIS has become a domestic problem for Turkey and at the same time externally, Turkey is now being blamed of supporting radical groups in the opposition sides, one of which is the ISIS, since the Syrian crisis. However, Turkey, with its relatively more democratic nature, decided to side with the opposition side of Syria. Bilici stressed that the problem was ISIS’s rise, which gives Assad an important legitimacy since Assad has shown more legitimate compared to ISIS. He called for more active roles by legitimate Muslim leaders and scholars. Questions followed the lecture starting from Professor Lee, Geun, who asked whether ISIS lacks in governance capability. Billici responded that ISIS actually has many intellectuals looking at how ISIS makes strong connection with the people.