Turkish government has permitted crossing of thousands ISIL terrorist members to Syria leaked phone conversation of an opposition MP has revealed.
Turkey crossing ISIL members to Syria: MP
15 May 2016 - 8:25
Turkish government has permitted crossing of thousands ISIL terrorist members to Syria leaked phone conversation of an opposition MP has revealed.
Turkish Opposition MP Erem Erdem who leaked 422 pages of transcriptions of the conversations to media outlets has accused Ankara of covering up the cross border activities.
The detailed phone conversations, mostly between a known Daesh member, Ilhami Bali, and his associates inside Turkish borders, were obtained from Turkish security forces, RT reported on Saturday.
Bali is a major suspect in a series of bombing attacks in Ankara and the southern Turkish town of Suruc, an ethnically Kurdish town located close to the border with Syria.
During the press conference where he presented the transcribed conversations, Erdem said that “these entries recorded comprehensive information such as which hotel the terrorists are going to stay in, where they will wait for their car, which gas station they will use … how many people and who exactly would be responsible for the preparation of a terrorist attack.”
“Despite the fact that all this information was in the hands of the authorities, the security forces had not carried out any operations to detain terrorists,” he added.
In one of the conversations, Bali asks one of his counterparts how many terrorists have crossed into Turkey, to which his associate replies"1,128."
In another conversation, Bali vents his dissatisfaction with another Turkish associate.
“What? Are you the one who is responsible that they got arrested? Don’t lie to me! Don't lie to me. Eighteen people crossed the border last night. Fifteen of them got arrested when you tried to help them,” he said.
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