Turk troops are there training Kurds or at least, that’s what the news stories say, while in Syria, Turks are after the Kurds. We’ll see, zero hedge seems dubious at times, like Debka and some other sources.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/12/05/world/turkish-soldiers-training-iraqi-troops-near-mosul/
“A senior Kurdish military officer based on the Bashiqa front line, north of Mosul, said additional Turkish trainers had arrived at a camp in the area overnight on Thursday escorted by a Turkish protection force.”