The Buzz | Erdogan says Turkey killed 3,000 Islamic State extremists

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkish forces have killed some 3,000 Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, insisting that no other country has matched Turkey’s efforts against the extremist group.
In an address to the military chiefs of Balkan nations yesterday, Erdogan also denounced nations who have accused Turkey of supporting IS as “vile.”
At the same meeting earlier, the Turkish military chief, put the number of IS militants killed Syria and Iraq at 1,300. Erdogan’s aides could not immediately be reached to explain the differing figures.