Daesh is a terrorist organization posing a significant and global threat for the stability and prosperity in different countries with its various forms of attacks regardless of border, nationality and religion. It has a distinctive evolution and system from the other terrorist organizations as it seeks to expand its network and disseminate its ideology to radicalize the people across the world. In order to increase their efficiency, Daesh organized terrorist attacks and murdered innocent civilians in many different countries, particularly Turkey and Syria.
Geo-strategically, Turkey, sharing 911 km (566 mi) border with Syria, is located in a region highly suffering from Daesh attacks. Hence, it, as a leading actor in Global Daesh Coalition Group and Foreign Terrorist Fighters Working Group since they were founded, aims at degrading Daesh’s frightening activities in both its territory and beyond its borders. In this regard, Turkey is an active participant in the UN resolutions and counter-terrorism action plan in order to eradicate all terrorism threat. Turkey, due to inefficient international efforts against Daesh, launched a cross-border military operation in 24 August 2016 to control its border security. Operation Euphrates Shield and Operation Peace Spring, liberating the region from Daesh terrorists, were conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces with the support of Free Syrian Army to secure Turkey’s border.
Despite its military operations and efficient diplomatic manners halting Daesh in the region, Turkey was exposed to black propaganda in the media outlets of the countries pursuing a policy which legitimizes PYD/YPG, which is PKK’s Syrian branch. This terrorist threat, therefore, requests a utmost global solution. In this context, the project which is entitled “Turkey is fighting against Daesh” aims:
- To explain Turkey’s counter Daesh strategy through firsthand information (international statistical data, academicians’ reports, ambassadors’ interviews, bureaucratic discourses’ analysis, etc.)
- To mitigate the misinformation about Turkey’s counter Daesh strategy and give transparent information
- To pool a comprehensive digital storage of Turkey’s efforts to fight against Daesh
- To clarify what Turkey has being done to counter and prevent radicalization, terrorist recruitment and violent extremism by Daesh
- To strengthen a common action approach and broaden awareness counter-Daesh
TURKEY'S FIGHT AGAINST DAESH/ISIL 