Turkey, a Nato member and part of the US-led coalition against Islamic State, has seen a series of deadly bombings this year blamed on the radical Islamists. Controlled explosions rang out around the Karkamis border crossing as Turkish security forces removed mines and booby traps left by Islamic State. Turkey views the PKK, listed as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the US and the European Union, as closely linked to the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia. Washington, however, has backed the YPG in a separate campaign against Islamic State in northern Syria. Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Twitter that Islamic State, the PKK and the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia were all attacking to take advantage of the failed coup.

Source: Mint August 26, 2016 12:45 UTC