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Carter visits Turkey's ?ncirlik Base in bid to strengthen anti-ISIL fight

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter traveled to Turkey on Dec. 15, looking for new ways the U.S.-led coalition can strengthen its fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in Iraq and Syria.

"We want Turkish forces to join in the air and on the ground as appropriate," Carter told reporters on Dec. 15. 

Is Turkey's revived EU interest genuine or tactical?

Hürriyet Daily News' Dec. 15 front page could come as an oxymoron in terms of Turkey's relations with the European Union.

As can be expected the main story is on the reactivation of Turkey's accession talks with the EU, as negotiations on Chapter 17 on Economic and Monetary Policy officially opened yesterday after a five-year standstill in the membership process.

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