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Yes, Turkey may declare a Caliphate
Reader comment on item: Minimize Middle East Mistakes
in response to reader comment: The Trouble With Turkey
Submitted by Michael S, Dec 11, 2016 at 05:45
Mike, I agree with you. Once ISIS is defeated, there will be a power vacuum among caliphate-oriented, Sunni Muslims in Iraq, Syria and other countries. Turkey has historically filled this vacuum, and may do it again.
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