Posted on 10/01/2014 6:32:12 PM PDT by markomalley
Security officials have claimed that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants rent luxurious villas in major cities of Turkey.
A number of anonymous security officials have told Aydınlık Newspaper that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) is able to operate easily in major Turkish cities due to the ruling AKP government’s tolerance towards the organization.
“ISIS militants are so relaxed that they do not even cut their beards, change their clothes to hide their identities [in cities]. Of course, there are some who do. But organisers do not think that they need to hide themselves. They act as they wish in Istanbul, Konya, Gaziantep and Hatay.”
Upon the question why the government does not do something about it, security officials responded: “Militants operate either in police or gendarmerie areas. It is not possible that their operations are not within their knowledge. But the government does not order forces to do something. We hear some really astonishing things. The headquarters send orders to units. They say us not to stop or fine some cars. We have heard that some of these cars belong to ISIS militants. What do you expect the security forces to do then?”
According to the officials, militants rent luxurious houses in some elite neighbourhoods of Istanbul. “They especially prefer villas next to each other in complexes. They use one of those as an office, but nobody knows what they do in other villas. They also have women with them. For instance, they rent a lot of villas in the Kızılcahamam district of Ankara. Turkey is full of ISIS houses.”
Militants drive minibuses with black windows around the city and get together in houses to plan, recruit and organize the money traffic. The seniors of the organization control over the others in nearby cities.
Security officials also claimed that ISIS has around 700 bureaus around mosques in general. They even reportedly preach in some mosques in Black Sea Region. They gather in mosques after midnight.
The Turks created ISIS.
Ignoring ISIS for well over a year has had catastrophic consequences. And the Congress keeps fiddling while The World burns from lack of American leadership and action.
we should recognize PKK as freedom fighters and support Kurd indepedence and screw the Turks
Maybe its time for (1) a Greater Armenia, (2) the restoration of Constantinople, and (3) an independent Kurdistan.
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