The move was due to the growing threat to Turkey’s security posed by the jihadists, the Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed on Friday that Ankara had agreed to let the US use the Incirlik air base near the city of Adana in southern Turkey.
"In our phone call with Obama, we reiterated our determination in the struggle against the separatist organization [Kurdistan Workers` Party (PKK)] and the Islamic State," Erdogan told reporters on Friday. "We took the first step last night."
Turkey has also launched simultaneous ground attacks against the PKK and Islamic State in northern Syria, Reuters said, citing the PM’s office.
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