Posted on 01/02/2024 4:32:55 AM PST by FarCenter
Istanbul (AFP) – Turkey on Tuesday announced the detention of 33 people suspected of planning abductions and spying on behalf of Israel's Mossad intelligence service.
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the suspects were rounded up in raids across eight provinces in and around Istanbul.
It was not immediately clear if they were Israeli nationals or locals allegedly working with Mossad.
"We will never allow espionage activities to be conducted against the national unity and solidarity of our country," Yerlikaya said on social media.
Yerlikaya's office released video footage showing armed security service agents breaking down doors and handcuffing suspects in their homes.
The Istanbul public prosecutor's office said 13 additional suspects remained at large.
Relations between Turkey and Israel imploded following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war nearly three months ago.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has turned into one of the world's harshest critics of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Turkish leader last week compared Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler and demanded that Israel's Western allies drop their support for the "terrorism" being conducted by Israeli troops.
Erdogan has also recalled Ankara's envoy to Tel Aviv and pushed for the trial of Israeli commanders and political leaders at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
The president's ruling Islamic conservative party AKP also led tens of thousands of protesters out on the streets of Istanbul on Monday for one of Turkey's biggest anti-Israel rallies of the entire war.
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The Turkish economy is suffering badly.
President Erdogan is showing off to pretend he is actually still an important player.
Why would Israel care what Turkey is doing at the moment?
Because Turkey is the strongest Muslim military power?
Because Turkey is at war with the Kurds, and Israel has been supporting the Kurds?
Because Turkey is a NATO member and privy to NATO intelligence?
Maybe, but Israel has its attention elsewhere right now and NATO is on Israel’s side so...
Why Jews would choose to visit Turkey is a mystery to me. Especially with a leader such as Erdogan, and when they are embroiled in a war against other Muslim Arabs. One would almost assume that they were looking to invite trouble.
Paranoid much, Herr Erdogan?
>>embroiled in a war against other Muslim Arabs.
Turks aren’t Arabs. Most Muslims are not Arabs.
Didn’t say they were. I said other Muslim Arabs. They are both Muslim adherents, and that is probably how I should have phrased it, but I am still waking up. 🙂 👍
>>Why would Israel care what Turkey is doing at the moment?
The suspects were detained in raids in Istanbul and seven other provinces for allegedly planning to carry out activities that included “reconnaissance” and “pursuing, assaulting and kidnapping” foreign nationals living in Türkiye, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said in an X post on Jan. 2.
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The Istanbul public prosecutor’s office said 13 additional suspects remained at large.
The report comes weeks after the head of Israel’s domestic security agency, Shin Bet, said in an audio recording that his organization is prepared to destroy Hamas “in every place,” including in Türkiye, Lebanon and Qatar.
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-security-forces-nab-33-accused-of-spying-for-israel-189275
Isn’t there a Jew behind every tree in Turkey?
Babylon Bee headline:
Netanyahu calls Erdogan “Hitler”. Erdogan responds by rounding up Jews.
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