Posted on 12/21/2016 1:09:45 PM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1
The Turkish policeman who murdered Russia’s ambassador to Ankara provided security to Turkey's president multiple times in the run up to Monday's assassination, it has bean claimed.
Mevlut Mert Altintas, 22, served on police details backing up Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s personal body guards eight times since the failed military coup that rocked Turkey in July, Abdülkadir Selvi, a columnist known for his close ties to the government, wrote in Hurriyet on Wednesday.
Alintas, who served on an elite Ankara riot unit for two and a half years, was part of the second tier of security at those events. He was reported to have served on Mr Erdogan’s security detail twice in 2014 and 2015.
Altintas shouted “Allahu Akbar” and “don't forget Aleppo” after he shot Andrey Karlov, Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, on Monday.
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Hmmm.
An interesting twist to the story.
Well. This certainly complicates things.
Someone better put Abdülkadir Selvi on “suicide” watch.
Yes it is.
Turkish President travels with his own assassin?
Neat political idea never practiced before.
President Trump, please beware.
Radical Islamist doesn’t fall far from the tree....
Check the bank accounts / living conditions of remaining family members for sudden “fortunes” in transfers from Nigeria or Liberia or Malta or such.
Report: Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ties US-Based Imam To Assassination Of Russian Ambassador
Turkey’s foreign minister has reportedly told Secretary of State John Kerry that the Turkish and Russian governments believe that the Ankara police officer who assassinated Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov on Monday is a follower of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gülen.
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But Erdogan’s regime, as well as Turkish media outlets that operate under government control, say that Altintas was a follower of Gülen.
Erdogan considers the 77-year-old imam, who has lived in self-exile in Pennsylvania since 1999, to be a terrorist. He has accused Gülen of attempting to undermine the government and of masterminding the failed July 15 military coup.
That tactic is as old as time itself.
I’m surprised it’s surprising people.
I have zero trust for Erdogan. Zero!
Of course, he worked for the other guy and was trying to make Erdogan look bad.
Well, Erdogan is a wild eyed muzzie so no surprize he wouldn’t try to assassinate Erdogan. However, Erdogan might have ordered the hit on the Ruskie.
Good point.
He looked a lot older than 22. That goat f*cking really takes a toll on a person.
They likely got it wrong. It takes years of training to become a personal body guard of top level VIPs.
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