Prime Minister Erdogan confirmed that Turkey sent a convoy to protect the tomb of Suleyman Shah, a tiny piece of Turkish territory inside Syria’s province of Aleppo. Turkey reportedly deployed six tanks and 12 armored vehicles within 200 meters of positions held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. In late March, Turkish officials allegedly discussed staging an attack against ISIS near the tomb in order to justify military operations in Syria. Nearly 500 counterterrorism officers in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir were removed and demoted.
