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Turkey's mixed record against Islamic State

Structural problems continue to keep Turkey from putting in place a comprehensive strategy to combat Islamic State elements in the country, despite numerous operations against networks linked to the radical Islamist group.

Islamic State suspects in prison in Hasakah, Syria
Men suspected of being affiliated with the Islamic State look out of an opening of a cell in a Kurdish-run prison in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakah on Oct. 26, 2019. Open-source research indicates that a significant number of Islamic State adherents are at large in Turkey. — FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images

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