As the dust is far from settling in the Middle East, Turkey takes the stage to protect its territorial integrity, political independence and national security against DAESH (ISIS) and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

To this end, Turkish airstrikes have followed intensifying ISIS attacks against the Syrian coalition groups near the Turkish border, and the change in the rhetoric and behavior of the designated terrorist group PKK towards Turkey.

To give a snapshot about the latest developments involving Turkish airstrikes against ISIS and the PKK after a suicide bomber killed 32 civilians on July 21 in the Southeastern town of Suruç, Deputy General Coordinator for the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) joined Al Jazeera’s Inside Story on July 28, 2015.