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the New York Times brought to light the testimony of a man claiming to be a member of MIT and was ordered to kill a Kurdish-Austrian politician, bringing to the surface the “hunt” of his political opponents Erdogan of the “instruments” of the “Sultan”.
Particularly important is the disclosure made by the authorized American newspaper. According to her, a man who said the name Feyyaz Ozturk testified that he was a Turkish agent working for ΜΙΤ and he was ordered to kill a Kurdish-Austrian politician.
At the same time, based on some information given in the testimony of or Ozturk reopened the case of the convicted employee of the United States Consulate in Istanbul by the Turkish authorities.
According to your report New York Times “One afternoon last month, a man claiming to be a Turkish agent walked into a Vienna police station. He gave an explosive testimony. The man said he had been ordered to kill a Kurdish-Austrian politician, which he did not want to do and asked the police for asylum. “
“They wanted to hit”
According to the New York Times, the Ozturk claimed that he had been ordered to kill the Austrian-Kurdish politician Berivan Aslan. As he stated, the first time this issue was discussed was in 2018 in Istanbul. The attack was scheduled for March, but the coronavirus lockdown thwarted his plan.
Ozturk, who has Italian citizenship, was unable to travel to Vienna and “Stuck” in Rimini where after an accident he had (ss broke his leg), he contacted his directors and told them that he could not undertake the mission. In August he traveled to Belgrade and met again with people who were responsible for the mission and as he testified they told him “We don’t care if he dies or is injured. We want to get the message across». According to other reports, Ozturk claimed that the targets were also Peter Piltz, editor and former politician, I Andreas Sinder.
“Erdogan ready to chase opponents”
The report further states that Ozturk said that “He had to falsely testify to convict a U.S. Consulate official. to Constantinople. If your claims are true, they give new evidence of whether or not Tayyip Erdogan is ready to go after his political opponents again».
The Times claims that they have the entire Ozturk confession in their possession and at the same time claims that the case of his conviction can be reopened from this case. Text mace, who worked for State Department at the Istanbul Drug Prosecutor’s Office. We remind you that Topuz was sentenced in June 2020 to eight years in prison, charged with assisting an armed terrorist organization. The decision was made by his court. Turkey.
The newspaper describes the case as one of many against US citizens and US government officials that Washington deems unfounded and interprets as a Erdogan’s attempt to use them to his advantage in recent strained relations with the US.. At the same time, there are reports of “hunting” of Erdogan’s political opponents both in Turkey and abroad, especially after the failed coup in 2016, and stresses that The Austrian government has long been concerned about the influence that Turkey’s secret services may have. in the country.
“Serious case, MIT has hired parastatals”
In fact, the report notes that this case has raised an alarm bell for Austria. The statement of the Austrian Minister of the Interior is also indicative, Carl Neamer, in the Times. «We take this case very seriouslyHe characteristically said. At the same time, a senior Austrian government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said: If what Ozturk said is confirmed, it will mean a new level of Turkish involvement inside Austria..
The same publication states that in September a special police commission reached a conclusion according to which paramilitaries have been recruited at MIT to create trouble and violent clashes during a Kurdish protest in an area of Vienna.
At the time, the Austrian Interior Minister had stated that “Turkish interference in democratic rights has no place in Austria». Sources from the Austrian Ministry of the Interior also state that there are in the country 270,000 people with roots in Turkey and a third of them are Kurdish.
The Minister of Immigration and Asylum of Turkey, Susan Ramp, He commented in turn that “Austria has become the target of Turkish espionage. Erdogan’s long arm has reached Vienna». It is worth noting that Ozturk appeared at the Austrian police station on September 15 and has since been detained by the authorities. Turkey, for its part, denies any involvement with the man. and any connection with the country’s secret services.
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