Things are escalating?


http://www.todayszaman.com/diplomac...d-into-syria-to-protect-tomb_373272.html

A Turkish lawmaker has claimed that a number of Turkish tanks have reportedly entered into northern Syria to protect the Turkish property that was said to be facing a possible attack by Islamist radicals.

National Movement Party (MHP) Iğdır deputy Sinan Oğan said on his Twitter feed early on Sunday that Turkish army crossed into Syria and entered into the tomb "without any incident or a skirmish." He claimed that the army is now in full control over the tomb, which is situated in a territory considered as a Turkish land.
Citing various claims, private Cihan news agency reported that witnesses spotted at least 40 tanks entering into Syria through Mürşitpınar Border gate earlier on Saturday. Turkish army didn't confirm the reports. No government official was immediately available to comment.

The reports, which was widely shared on the social media too, asserted that Turkish units in Şanlıurfa's Suruç district left their positions and entered into Syria to protect the tomb of Süleyman Şah, grandson of the founder of Ottoman Empire.

The reports came two days after Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala denied claims that Turkish troops guarding the tomb of Süleyman Şah have been unable to cross into Turkey due to extremist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants who have surrounded the tomb since March 2014, saying the allegations are baseless.

The claims were first raised by journalist Metehan Demir late last month. He wrote on his personal blog that the soldiers have been trapped in the tomb for the past 11 months, and that ISIL has been providing water and food to the soldiers, as supplies from Turkey have not been delivered since March. Demir also wrote that there is usually a change of guard every two or three months, but the 40 soldiers stationed there have not changed since last March.
The tomb, guarded by a few dozen Turkish soldiers, is considered Turkish territory under a 1921 Franco-Turkish agreement.