ANKARA,(ST)_Turkish Parliamentarian for the Turkish Peace and Democracy Party Altan Tan submitted parliamentary memorandum to the Turkish National Assembly “parliament” holding the ruling Government of Justice and Development Party accountable for supporting the armed groups and providing them with weapons securing roads for them to enter Syria. He suggested the formation of a Parliamentary Inquiry Committee to investigate on this subject.
In a press conference held in the Turkish parliament, quoted by Yurt newspaper on Friday, Tan disclosed the existence of dozens of complaints from Turkish families whose sons were sent to fight in Syria after given false identities.
” Erdogan government is silent on this subject, the same it always does regarding similar sensitive issues, while the killing of one young Turk from the city of Hani’s Diyarbakir and five from Bingol are evidences on true information on sending young people from Turkey to participate in the fighting with armed groups in Syria,” the Turkish MP said, reiterating his party ‘s rejection of ” exploiting Youths religious feelings and dragging them to adventures that will destroy their lives.
He stressed that the policy Turkish government towards Syria has increased fears in Turkey of the risk of terrorist groups supported by this government in providing arms and ammunition for these groups that sneak from Turkey to Syria from different countries across Gilan Pienaar border city with Syria.
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