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A political commentator says the Turkish government does not regard the ISIL terrorist group as a “bad enemy.”

Christopher Walker, a political commentator from London, said in an interview with Press TV on Thursday, “It seems that Turks regard the ISIL not such a bad enemy.”

Turkey has been one of the supporters of militant groups operating against the government of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria.

The political commentator also argued that the Ankara government has “shown no interest” in confronting ISIL, which has been engaged in battle with local Kurdish forces to take over Syria’s strategic town of Kobani near the Turkish border.

Walker further said that the airstrikes carried out by the US-led coalition against ISIL positions in Syria are not “doing the job.”

According to a UK-based Syrian opposition group, over 400 people have been killed in the battle for Kobani that has been ongoing for some three weeks. The fatalities reportedly include 220 ISIL terrorists, 170 Kurdish fighters and over 20 civilians.

Kobani and its surroundings have been under attack since mid-September, with ISIL militants capturing dozens of nearby Kurdish villages.

The weeks-long intense battle for the strategic town has forced nearly 200,000 people to take refuge in Turkey.

Senior authorities in Ankara were not willing to accept Kurd refugees. However, the refugees were later allowed in Turkey due to an “appeal” and rising pressure by the United Nations, Walker stated.

The analyst also warned that the Kurdish refugees could face deterioration in the “humanitarian situation” they experience.