Iraq/Syria: Turkey Collaborating with U.S. Against ISIS Oil Trade

Sep 19, 2014 | Daily Sabah
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ISTANBUL — Turkey is collaborating with the U.S. in preventing the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) from selling the oil from the wells it seized in Syria and Iraq, said U.S. Foreign Secretary John Kerry late on Wednesday at a Senate hearing, while senior Turkish officials dismissed claims that there was any direct or indirect trade link with the terrorist group. In response to a reporter's query, Turkish Customs and Trade Minister Nurettin Canikli said yesterday that there is no direct or indirect oil trade, purchase and sale with ISIS. Canikli said that the government was against everything ISIS stood for and as one of the countries that had suffered the most from terrorist acts, Turkey had repeatedly and very clearly expressed its stance against ISIS.