London, Oct 14: A day after United States President Barack Obama’s administration declared that Turkey had agreed to allow it to use its territory and air bases for the fight against the Islamic State (IS), Turkish officials have reportedly denied the claim by saying that no such new agreement has been made.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s office said that an agreement had been reached to train moderate Syrian rebels on Turkish soil but it is not clear “when and in what way” that would happen. It denied that Turkey had agreed to allow the U.S. to use its Incirlik airbase , reported The Guardian.
The statement came a day after defense officials said that they expect clearance to use Incirlik Air Base, a facility built by the U.S. about 35 miles inland from the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea, near Turkey’s border with Syria, to conduct air strikes against the IS.
