ISTANBUL VaporMax Betrue Sale , Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Repeated accusations by Russia of Turkey's involvement in black-market oil trade with the Islamic State (IS), made in an escalating war of words between the two neighbors over a downed warplane, are turning to Ankara's disadvantage.
Turkish analysts see their country being dragged into a deeper diplomatic isolation as Moscow is revving up its verbal attack, while men in the street harbor mixed feelings.
Turkey's alleged purchase of IS oil, a major source of funding for the extremist group that controls vast swaths of territories in Syria and Iraq, was raised right after it shot down on Nov. 24 a Russian Su-24 fighter jet accused of breaching Turkish airspace.
The allegation has been referred to time and again ever since Air Max 2018 Mens Sale , including in Paris on Monday by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a climate change summit.
"We have recently received additional reports that confirm that oil from ISIL-controlled territories is delivered to the territory of Turkey on an industrial scale," Putin said, using another name of IS.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was attending the summit as well, hit back by offering to resign in case of the allegations proven true and challenging Putin to do the same if he was wrong.
Moscow, however Air Max 2018 Womens Sale , continued its broadsides against Turkey on Wednesday, in which Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov alleged that "Top political leadership of the country, President Erdogan and his family, are involved in this criminal business."
Iran and Iraq have also joined the fray by echoing Russia's allegation.
For one, Mowaffak al-Rubaie, Iraq's former national security adviser Air Max 97 Womens Sale , told Russia Today that IS sold 800 million U.S. dollars worth of oil in Turkish black market "at less than 50 percent of the international oil price" over the last eight months.
The allegations are hurting Turkey, just as Russia's economic sanctions are doing, analysts told Xinhua.
"We can admit that Turkey's reputation in the international arena has deteriorated," said Zekeriya Kursun, an expert on the Middle East from Marmara University.
Merve Ozdemirkiran, another analyst from the university Air Max 97 Mens Sale , urged Turkey to focus more on shuttle-diplomacy, bilateral talks and summits to convince not only Russia but also its Western allies that it has no link with IS.
Ankara should reaffirm its position in the region as a strategic ally of the Western countries, Ozdemirkiran said, adding that "Otherwise isolation would be very dangerous for Turkey's security in general."
In her view, Turkey on its own can neither overcome the security problem along its border nor can deal with a huge influx of refugees.
"Syria is Turkey's neighbor, so the threat is very close and requires global cooperation to fight against it Air Max 97 Blue Sale ," she remarked.
Analysts also noted that smuggling of all kinds of products including oil and historical artifacts has long been a source of incomes for locals along the border with Iraq and Syria that stretches some 900 kilometres.
"It is not possible to sustain a hundred percent of protection in such a wide area," Kursun said, adding that even building walls from