For a country that is supposed to be a pivotal Nato ally, Turkey sure has a strange way of showing loyalty to its friends in their hour of need.
Ankara’s support in the battle to defeat the fanatics of the Islamic State (Isil), who are busily establishing their fiefdom across the border in Syria and Iraq, is vital if the West is to stand any chance of success.
And yet, rather than helping its Western allies, the Turks seem to be doing everything in their power to frustrate the international effort to eradicate the Isil threat – a campaign that politicians on both sides of the Atlantic have warned could last for many years to come.
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