A Turkish news source says the Turkish government has agreed to allow NATO to increase troop strength in Turkey. Turkey is a member of NATO.
Currently there are about 400 NATO personnel at the Turkish Izmir Air Station, but that could increase to the thousands as NATO personnel from Germany and Spain are moved in.
Western media is showing Turkey as helping Syrian refugees, and seemingly taking a neutral stand on events in Syria. Reports in Middle Eastern news sources say otherwise. There is growing evidence that the weapons being used by Syrian “protestors” are coming from Turkey. Several times Turkish warplanes have crossed into Syrian airspace.
NATO is reporting the build up of personnel in Turkey as part of plans to “…make NATO leaner, more flexible, and better able to deal with future challenges.”-Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General