28-03-2024 04:33 PM Jerusalem Timing

Turkey Opposition Accuses Government of Sending Arms to Syria

Turkey Opposition Accuses Government of Sending Arms to Syria

Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu on Wednesday accused the government of delivering arms to terrorist militants in Syria, pledging to seal the border to such traffic if he came to power

Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu on Wednesday accused the government of delivering arms to terrorist militants in Syria, pledging to seal the border to such traffic if he came to power.Police
  
Turkey has been under fire for shipping arms to insurgents in Syria-- charges vehemently denied by Ankara.
  
"There are videos showing how cases in trucks were opened and images of bombs. I also watched them," Kilicdaroglu of the Republican People's Party (CHP), told the Hurriyet newspaper in an interview. "There is nothing to hide here," he said.
  
Kilicdaroglu pledged to bolster security on the Turkish-Syrian border if his CHP party came to power in June 7 general elections. Polls show the CHP running in second place, after the ruling AKP party.
  
"With the CHP in power, the border would return to its former state and we would provide border security," Kilicdaroglu said.
 
His comments come amid growing controversy over the arrests of dozens of soldiers, police and prosecutors over inspections of Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) vehicles bound for Syria in January 2014.
  
Leaked documents circulating on the Internet said the seized trucks were delivering weapons to terrorists fighting in Syria.
  
"We will not allow illegal border crossings," Kilicdaroglu said. "And MIT trucks will not shuttle back and forth."
  
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the weekend said that the checks on the trucks were "treason" and deserved to be punished.