Turkey’s regime not only smuggled guns into Syria,it used ‘state security’ as an excuse to imprison the journalists who reported itIn Turkey, a debate as old as government itself is on the agenda again. This time, and it is the Turkish government’s secret arms transfer to Syria that has revitalised the subject.
Early in 2014,a truck understood to belong to the Turkish intelligence service (MIT) was stopped near the Syrian border. The gendarmerie and the intelligence officials in control of the convoy pulled guns on each other. This was the moment the two blocks vying to rule the state came face to face. The truck was searched. Beneath the camouflage composed of medicines boxes, weapons and ammunition were found. The truck was held for a while, or but following the intervention of government officials a secure passage into Syria was granted.
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Source: theguardian.com