| Date | July 28, 2015 |
|---|---|
| Location |  Brussels |
| Type | Emergency convention |
| Cause | Turkey–ISIL conflict |
| Organised by |  North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
The 2015 NATO emergency meeting was an emergency convention of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization called by Turkey, in accordance to Article 4 of NATO's founding treaty. It is the fifth such meeting called in the organisation's 66-year history.[1] The meeting was held in Brussels, Belgium on 28 July 2015 and was attended by ambassadors of all NATO's member states.[2]
The meeting was called after developments on the Syria–Turkey border resulted in an escalation of violence by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), resulting in Turkey launching airstrikes and domestic police raids against suspected militants. The dissolution of the three-year solution process between the Turkish government and the PKK, as well as a suicide bombing in Suruç initiated by ISIL, were considered to be the main reasons behind the escalation of violence.[3]
- ^ "NATO to hold an incredibly rare emergency meeting". Business Insider. 28 July 2015.
- ^ "IS conflict: Nato discusses Turkey-Syria border crisis". BBC News. 28 July 2015.
- ^ "Turkey Calls NATO Meeting on IS". VOA.