Claims Turkey not stopping foreign jihadists 'unfair'

Turkish authorities are facing accusations of not doing enough to stop border crossings in the other direction - with foreign jihadists travelling through Turkey into Iraq and Syria.

Turkey’s new President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Syrian President Bashar al Assad of supporting Islamic State militants.

Officials in Turkey say they're facing a new refugee influx as a result of fighting in its neighbours, this time from Iraq.

About 16,000 members of the Yazidi religious minority are reported to have fled from Iraq into Turkey, to escape the offensive by Islamic State militants.

Turkey is already giving sanctuary to well over one million refugees from the Syrian conflict.

Now, Turkish authorities are facing accusations of not doing enough to stop border crossings in the other direction - with foreign jihadists travelling through Turkey into Iraq and Syria.

Turkey's Ambassador in Canberra Reha Keskintepe told Peggy Giakoumelos that's not fair.

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