From Hurriyet Daily News:
A comprehensive motion authorizing the government to deploy the Turkish army into Iraq and Syria and to allow the deployment of foreign troops on Turkish soil was approved Oct. 2 in Parliament, providing the necessary legality for Turkey’s potential contribution to the international coalition’s efforts to destroy jihadists.
The motion, based on Article 92 of the Turkish Constitution, received 298 votes in favor and 98 against.
Link here.
This allows both Turkish ground and air forces to operate in Syria and Iraq against ISIS. It also allows foreign troops to be stationed in Turkish bases or transit through Turkey on the way to striking ISIS.
This is a major development in the international fight against ISIS and a very helpful one as Turkish military is very potent and could give the coalition the ability to push ISIS back much faster than through Air Power alone.
From reading the story, it seems that the Turkish understanding of the ISIS threat, and what should be done about it, differs significantly from what it is in the West. I found this particularly interesting:
Turkey is yet to decide what measures it will take in this framework but it has made it clear that all such potential measures to be carried out with the participation of coalition forces should also target the Syrian government.
“The main source of ISIL is the Syrian regime,” Yılmaz (Defense Minister) said, adding that Damascus had increased its oppression against dissidents in the country, committing massacres against its own citizens in various ways.