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The article focuses on the question of whose side is Turkey on considering its response to the threat from the Islamist terrorist group Islamic State (IS). Topics discussed include the IS's attack on the the town of Kobane, Syria, the assumptions that Turkish leaders preferred IS as their neighbours than the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), and the transformation of Turkey's foreign policy which is the root cause of the tangle the faces in Iraq and Syria.

The article examines the role of Gaziantep, Turkey in the efforts in Syria against the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS or ISIL). Topics discussed include foreign relations between Turkey and Syria in the 21st century, air strikes made on the city of Kobani, Syria, and U.S. foreign policy towards Syria under the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama.