Secret official documents about the searching
of three trucks belonging to Turkey's national
intelligence service (MIT) have been leaked
online, once again corroborating suspicions
that Ankara has not been playing a clean
game in Syria. According to the authenticated
documents, the trucks were found to be
transporting missiles, mortars and anti-
aircraft ammunition. The Gendarmerie General
Command, which authored the reports,
alleged, "The trucks were carrying weapons
and supplies to the al-Qaeda terror
organization.” But Turkish readers could not
see the documents in the news bulletins and
newspapers that shared them, because the
government immediately obtained a court
injunction banning all reporting about the
affair.
When President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was
prime minister, he had said, “You cannot
stop the MIT truck . You cannot search it.
You don’t have the authority. These trucks
were taking humanitarian assistance to
Turkmens.”
Since then, Erdogan and his hand-picked new
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu have
repeated at every opportunity that the trucks
were carrying assistance to Turkmens. Public
prosecutor Aziz Takci, who had ordered the
trucks to be searched, was removed from his
post and 13 soldiers involved in the search
were taken to court on charges of espionage.
Their indictments call for prison terms of up
to 20 years.
In scores of documents leaked by a group of
hackers, the Gendarmerie Command notes
that rocket warheads were found in the
trucks' cargo.
According to the documents that circulated
on the Internet before the ban came into
effect, this was the summary of the incident:
On Jan. 19, 2014, after receiving a tip
that three trucks were carrying weapons
and explosives to al-Qaeda in Syria, the
Adana Provincial Gendarmerie Command
obtained search warrants.
The Adana prosecutor called for the
search and seizure of all evidence.
Security forces stopped the trucks at the
Ceyhan toll gates, where MIT personnel
tried to prevent the search.
While the trucks were being escorted to
Seyhan Gendarmerie Command for an
extensive search, MIT personnel
accompanying the trucks in an Audi
vehicle blocked the road to stop the
trucks. When MIT personnel seized the
keys from the trucks' ignitions, an
altercation ensued. MIT personnel
instructed the truck drivers to pretend
their trucks had malfunctioned and
committed physical violence against
gendarmerie personnel.
The search was carried out and
videotaped despite the efforts of the
governor and MIT personnel to prevent
it.
Six metallic containers were found in the
three trucks. In the first container, 25-30
missiles or rockets and 10-15 crates
loaded with ammunition were found. In
the second container, 20-25 missiles or
rockets, 20-25 crates of mortar
ammunition and Douchka anti-aircraft
ammunition in five or six sacks were
discovered. The boxes had markings in
the Cyrillic alphabet.
It was noted that the MIT personnel
swore at the prosecutor and denigrated
the gendarmerie soldiers doing the
search, saying, "Look at those idiots.
They are looking for ammunition with
picks and shovels. Let someone who
knows do it. Trucks are full of bombs
that might explode.”
The governor of Adana, Huseyin Avni
Cos, arrived at the scene and declared,
“The trucks are moving with the prime
minister’s orders” and vowed not to let
them be interfered with no matter what.
With a letter of guarantee sent by the
regional director of MIT, co-signed by
the governor, the trucks were handed
back to MIT.
Driver Murat Kislakci said in his
deposition, “This cargo was loaded into
our trucks from a foreign airplane at
Ankara Esenboga Airport. We are taking
them to Reyhanli [on the Syrian border].
Two men [MIT personnel] in the Audi are
accompanying us. At Reyhanli, we hand
over the trucks to two people in the
Audi. They check us into a hotel. The
trucks move to cross the border. We
carried similar loads several times
before. We were working for the state. In
Ankara, we were leaving our trucks at an
MIT location. They used to tell us to
come back at 7 a.m. I know the cargo
belongs to MIT. We were at ease; this
was an affair of state. This was the first
time we collected cargo from the airport
and for the first time we were allowed to
stand by our trucks during the loading."
After accusations of espionage by the
government and pro-government media,
the chief of general staff ordered the
military prosecutor to investigate,. On
July 21, the military prosecutor declared
the operation was not espionage. The
same prosecutor said this incident was a
military affair and should be investigated
not by the public prosecutor, but the
military. The civilian court did not retract
its decision.
The government cover-up
Though the scandal is tearing the country
apart, the government opted for its favorite
tactic of covering it up. A court in Adana
banned written, visual and Internet media
outlets from any reporting and commenting
on the stopping of the trucks and the search.
All online content about the incident has been
deleted.
The court case against the 13 gendarmerie
elements accused of espionage has also been
controversial. The public prosecutor, who in
his indictment said the accused were
involved in a plot to have Turkey tried at the
International Criminal Court, veered off
course. Without citing any evidence, the
indictment charged that there was collusion
between the Syrian government, al-Qaeda
and the Islamic State (IS). The prosecutor
deviated from the case at hand and charged
that the killing by IS of three people at Nigde
last year was actually carried out by the
Syrian state.
At the moment, a total blackout prevails over
revelations, which are bound to have serious
international repercussions.

www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/01/turkey-syria-intelligence-service-shipping-weapons.html#

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daresma93:
we yaf heard it a long time ago, next

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