Turkish High Court decided that Islamist terrorists will not be regarded as terrorists in Turkey
While Erdogan’s government has the world record in prosecuting journalists,
and torturing its own citizens and condemned by Council of Europe(click here),
the Erdogan-era Turkish high court of Turkey decided that islamist terrorists will not be regarded as terrorists in Turkey!
In particular,’ Turkey’s top appellate court certified that jihadist, Salafist group Ahrar al-Sham (Free Men of Syria) is not considered a terrorist organization and overturned the conviction of a militant who fought for the group as well as for Jabhat al-Nusra.
In a ruling that set a precedent in Turkey, in April 2019 the 16th Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeals found that there has been no court decision in Turkey that classified Ahrar al-Sham as a terrorist entity. The judges of the chamber also pointed out that Ahrar al-Sham has not engaged in any terrorist activity that might merit a designation under Anti-terror Law No. 3713 and justified their reasoning with a letter submitted by the Security General Directorate (Emniyet) on August 17, 2017. In the letter the Emniyet said it does not consider the group a terrorist organization.
The judges discounted intelligence reports which described the group as a jihadist, Salafist organization that entered into a number of coalitions with other armed groups in Syria, including some that were designated as terrorist entities by the UN Security Council, whose decisions are legally binding on Turkey.
The ruling was made in connection with a Turkish militant who was convicted in a lower court on charges of membership in Jabhat al-Nusra, an al-Qaeda group in Syria, and Ahrar al-Sham. Furthermore, the top court ruled for the release of the militant and threw his conviction out’. You may want to read the full story in nordicmonitor.com(click here).
All the above increasingly indicate, that Turkey has gradually shifted to a terrorist state.
While Turkish state has been committing genocide against Kurds, its own citizens, illegally occupying Cyprus – sovereign state,
commiting imperialistic wars in Syria and Libya, torturing its own journalists,
now it not only supports terrorists, but also legitimate their presence in the country!
This is undoubtedly a strange achievement, a worrying path for Erdogan’s government and Turkish state…
