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Islamic State/ISIS Opens First Consulate in Islamist Turkey
Posted By Daniel Greenfield On September 30, 2014 @ 10:23 am In The Point | 15 Comments
Al Qaeda has operated openly in Turkey for years. A top adviser of Erdogan, the country’s Islamist tyrant, had Al Qaeda links. ISIS openly operates in Turkey, its fighters travel through its cities and utilize its hospitals.
Why not open a consulate there? Qatar would be even more welcoming, even the Taliban have a consulate there, but Turkey is more convenient.
The so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) intends to inaugurate its first diplomatic mission in Istanbul in order to provide consular services for all who wish to join the extremist group in Iraq, reported Turkish daily Aydinlik as saying.
Abu-Omar Al-Tunisi, the ISIS de facto head of foreign relations issued a statement, saying that the Islamic Caliphate is determined to launch its first diplomatic mission in a friendly and Muslim country. He further noted that the ISIS hopes that the bilateral relations with Ankara will witness more developments under the aegis of newly-elected president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
ISIS also claims that its consulate in Istanbul will pay the hospital bills of all wounded Islamist militants who traveled to turkey to receive medical treatment.
CHP (Republican People’s Party) , a leading Turkish opposing party issued a communique condemning Turkish government decision to allow ISIS to open a legal diplomatic office in Çankaya – the central and elegant metropolitan district of the city of Istanbul.
If this turns out to be true, Turkey should be expelled from NATO. And it goes without saying that it should be barred from the EU and its dual citizens should be expelled back to their homeland from Austria, Germany and other parts of Europe.
Their Caliph Erdogan, whom they cheered enthusiastically on his visit there, can cover their welfare instead of German taxpayers.
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