John Kerry Insists ‘Turkey Is our Ally’ in the Fight Against ISIS

KERRY: "Turkey is our ally. Turkey is also a member of NATO. I was in the Ankara just a few days ago. I had a long meeting with President Erdogan, with now Prime Minister Davutoğlu -- who I know well from the last years -- and they have absolutely pledged to be effective and to be deeply involved in helping to deal with this challenge. Now the proof will not be in the words, the proof will be in the actions. And we’re not going to take anything to the bank on the basis of a verbal interaction, but at least we know that they are committed. That’s the beginning, and now we’re beginning to put together the specific tasks that each nation will undertake, Mike, and that was the reason for the discussions in Paris the other day. We had 26 countries, four international organizations, all committed to this effort. And here in New York we're going to continue those meetings. We had a major meeting at the U.N. Security Council on Friday. 37 countries spoke out publicly for the first time -- for the world to hear them condemn ISIL and commit to this challenge, to deal with this. So General Allen is pulling the pieces together. I have huge confidence in him, as does President Obama. Over the next few days the strategy will unfold, the participants will unfold, and we really have to just give it a little bit of time."