Just two months ago 30 British tourists were killed by an ISIS gunman on a beach in Tunisia.

Ahlul Bayt News Agency - A new propaganda video released online called on Muslims in the country to "conquer Istanbul", one of the Middle East's most popular destinations.



Just two months ago 30 British tourists were killed by an ISIS gunman on a beach in Tunisia.



The Home Office has already warned holidaymakers to avoid several regions in Turkey, particularly near the border with Iraq and Syria.



More than 2.5million British sunseekers visit the country, which has a 98.9 per cent Muslim population, each year.



The seven-minute ISIS clip, titled 'A Message to Turkey', comes after the United States and Turkey formed a military coalition to fight the group.



In the video, a fighter speaks in Turkish to the camera and brands president Recep Tayyip Erdogan a "traitor" for allowing the US to "bombard the people of Islam".



He adds: "To the people of Turkey, you have to immediately rebel and fight against this Satan [Erdogan] who fooled you and made you a slave to crusaders and atheists."



"Athiests" is a reference to Kurdish PKK militants, some of whom have fought against ISIS in Syria.



He also warned eastern Turkey would fall into Kurdish hands unless Islamist fighters rose up.



The footage, which appeared to be shot in a desert, has been widely shared by sick ISIS supporters on social media.



It also includes archive footage of Erdogan at a press conference with Barack Obama and greeting King Salman of Saudi Arabia.



Six F-16 fighter jets arrived at a Turkish air base from America last week and began flying missions against ISIS in Syria.



And Turkey's foreign minister has promised the country will begin a "comprehensive battle" against the terrorists "very effectively and soon".



The terror group used to use Turkey's border to bring foreign fighters and supplies into Syria – and did not appear to target Turkey in return.



But a western diplomat has warned Turkey is "a lot more exposed now, particularly as they can't easily back away from the commitment on [the US] using their bases".



Turkish officials reportedly seized 30 suicide vests in first half of this year that ISIS militants may have been planning to use on targets including police stations.



The terror group took 49 Turkish citizens – including children and police – hostage in Iraq on June 11 last year.



They were freed and returned to Turkey safely last September.



32 truck drivers were also captured in Iraq a day before but were handed over to Turkish officials after three weeks.



At a recent press conference Erdogan called for closer cooperation among the international community to fight ISIS.



He added that the group's actions "bear no relation to our religion, morality, conscience or culture".









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