Signs of Turkish influence are everywhere in the Syrian town of Jarablus. Doctors wear gowns bearing the name of the Turkish health ministry. Grocery stores are piled high with boxes of Turkish biscuits. There is even a distinctive yellow branch of the Turkish postal service.
This patch of territory in the north of the war-ravaged country has been under Turkish tutelage since 2016, when Syrian rebels backed by Ankara swept into the town, forcing Isis jihadis who had tyrannised the local population for three years to flee.
