Why is ISIL targeting Turkey? | Inside Story

Turkish authorities started 2017 the way much of 2016 had played out...with a manhunt.
39 people were killed in the nightclub massacre in Istanbul.
The bells had not long finished chiming to herald in the New Year when they were replaced by the sound of gunfire.
Turkey was targeted in dozens of attacks last year.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL, said it was behind most of them, and now claims responsibility for the first of 2017.
How can Ankara deal with what is a huge security challenge?
Presenter: Peter Dobbie
Guests:
Ozgur Unluhisarcikli, director of the Ankara Office for the German Marshall Fund of the United States
Galip Dalay, research director at Al Sharq Forum
Dogu Eroglu, reporter with Daily Birgun newspaper
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