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Gaziantep Governor Denies Claims About ISIL

02.09.2014 09:32

Gaziantep Governor Erdal Ata issued a written statement on Sunday denying claims that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) uses Gaziantep province as a base for training militia and sending them to Syria. Describing the media reports as “baseless,” Ata said they aim to defame the government.

Gaziantep Governor Erdal Ata issued a written statement on Sunday denying claims that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) uses Gaziantep province as a base for training militia and sending them to Syria.

Describing the media reports as “baseless,” Ata said they aim to defame the government and Turkey in the international arena.

According to Turkish media reports, German television station ARD aired video footage on Sunday showing ISIL camps in Gaziantep where militants are trained as well as the “uncontrolled” borders with Syria and northern Iraq.

Ata stressed that the location, time and the aim of the video footage are unclear and said the claims are fictional.

In remarks to ARD, Mahmut Erdem, who works with three Alevi families whose children recently joined ISIL, claimed that Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) is involved in convincing European youths to join the cause and transporting them to ISIL camps.

Erdem said mosques in Europe are “a source” for ISIL and added that the mosques should no longer be a hub for terrorism.

Ankara categorically denies allegations of turning a blind eye to ISIL's activities at the Syrian border.

Last week, ARD also claimed that ISIL has a liaison office in İstanbul's Fatih district and that many militants going to Syria have been given money, up to sums of 400 euros, and are assisted in crossing the border to join the terrorist organization's militants in the region. The story is said to be based on information the station received from sources in the European Commission (EC).

Meanwhile, in Turkey, according to a report by the news portal Diken.com on Friday ISIL's activities in Turkey and information about its activities are considered a “state secret.”

Diken reported that lawyer and deputy chairman of the Gaziantep Bar Association Bektaş Şarklı, citing the Right to Information Act, has sent an email to the Gaziantep Police Department to ask about ISIL's activities in the province of Gaziantep.

In response to Şarklı, the Gaziantep Police Department said, “The Right to Information Act does not include the state's top secret classified information and documents.”

(Cihan/Today's Zaman)



 
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