Turkey announced plans to convoke under Article 4 an extraordinary meeting on 28 July 2015 , ostensibly in response to the 2015 Suruç bombing , which it attributed to ISIS , and other security issues along its southern border . A press statement released by the Alliance declared that " Turkey requested the meeting in view of the seriousness of the situation after the heinous terrorist attacks in recent days , and also to inform allies of the measures it is taking . " The US announced through '' The New York Times '' on 27 July that it had already agreed " in general terms on a plan that envisions American warplanes , Syrian insurgents and Turkish forces working together to sweep Islamic State militants from a 60-mile-long strip of northern Syria along the Turkish border ... long-range artillery could be used across the border . " Concerns were expressed that the plan would put allied warplanes closer than ever to areas that Syrian aircraft regularly bomb ; the plan did not determine the reaction if Syrian warplanes attack allied personnel on the ground in what is Syrian territory . Turkish Prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the operations will continue as long as Turkey faces a threat , and discussed the situation with UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon in a telephone call over the weekend of 26 July . The US said that Turkey " has a right to take action " against the PKK , a Kurdish insurrectionary group that has sought since 1984 autonomy from Turkey . A news report also disclosed prior to the 28 July meeting that Turkey had violated Iraqi airspace in its pursuit of the PKK
2015 Suruç bombing
2015 Suruç bombing
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