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Turkish opposition leader: Ruling party and Islamic State behind Ankara bombings

Oct 15, 2015 3:04 pm By Robert Spencer

Is it possible that the AKP government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is cooperating with the Islamic State? Why not? They have a shared enemy: the Kurds. Erdogan has been notably slow to attack the Islamic State or to impede the flow of foreign fighters traveling through Turkey to get to the caliphate. It may be that since he hopes to reestablish the Ottoman caliphate, he thinks he can use the Islamic State for his own ends.

Selahattin Demirtaş

“HDP co-chair blames AKP government for Ankara bombings,” Hürriyet Daily News, October 15, 2015 (thanks to Joshua):

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş has claimed that the deadly Oct. 10 suicide bomb attacks in Ankara was the result of “cooperation” between the AKP and ISIL.

Speaking in Ankara on Oct. 15, Demirtaş’s remarks came while commenting on the court-imposed ban on media reports about the official investigation into the blast.

“If there even just a one-in-a-million possibility of the [outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party] PKK being behind this attack, then they [the government] would make it obligatory for the media to report on the incident.

This illustrates that the AKP and ISIL were behind this attack,” he told reporters on Oct. 15 ahead of his party’s Executive Board meeting in Ankara.

“What is the prime minister trying to hide? Allow everyone to express their thoughts freely. Do they believe they can hide it this way? We are shocked. People already know everything, so let them express their opinion freely,” Demirtaş added.

The HDP co-chair also blasted the ruling to ban “criticism” of the investigation, questioning how such criticism could influence the investigation….

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  1. Linde Barrera says

    Oct 15, 2015 at 3:18 pm

    I can definitely see President Erdogan acting and speaking like a “Godfather” mafioso boss to both his critics and his so-called pals: “When I want your opinion, I’ll give it to you.” ?

    • Huck Folder says

      Oct 16, 2015 at 12:51 am

      And who is monitoring Tayyip Erdogan Armenicide
      (Mr.T to his few friends) ?

      What’s to stop him ‘identifying’ whomever he wants
      as the perp?

      Didn’t the majority of terrorists pass freely through
      his empire?

  2. marc says

    Oct 15, 2015 at 3:40 pm

    I don’t have any doubt Erdogan is supporting the Islamic State in many ways, so yes.

  3. Angemon says

    Oct 15, 2015 at 3:46 pm

    Speaking in Ankara on Oct. 15, Demirtaş’s remarks came while commenting on the court-imposed ban on media reports about the official investigation into the blast.

    (…)

    “What is the prime minister trying to hide?

    Indeed.

    • miriamrove says

      Oct 15, 2015 at 4:45 pm

      This guy is a dead man walking. Erdogan will do him too. m

  4. Voytek Gagalka says

    Oct 15, 2015 at 4:21 pm

    “Erdogan has been notably slow to attack the Islamic State…”

    And so also is (was) Barrack HUSSAIN Obama, his greatest friend and protector…

    • mortimer says

      Oct 15, 2015 at 7:32 pm

      “Erdogan has been notably slow to attack the Islamic State…”

      EXPLANATION: Turkey and the US are working for Soddy Barbaria to complete an oil and gas pipeline through Syria to EUROPE.

      The Russians don’nt want that because their oil and gas would not be needed by Europe and Russia would be BANKRUPT in a few hours.

      • Linde Barrera says

        Oct 15, 2015 at 7:55 pm

        To mortimer- I wish I had your news sources, no kidding. You mention some very interesting issues here, which I have never heard, but do not doubt, because they are coming from you, mortimer. And the pipeline reason you gave can help explain a fact that another commenter on JW advanced: That the US is not looking to bomb IS so much as to fly planes over Syria, scouring for information like if jets from Israel are headed toward Iran, or as you stated, checking that nothing is getting in the way of this Saudi-Turkey oil pipeline. Makes sense to me! Thank you and thanks again, mortimer.

  5. Oliver says

    Oct 15, 2015 at 5:31 pm

    Just asking–does Turkey even have a free press? You know, sort of what the US had BEFORE BHO and his minions and the leftists TOTAL habitation of the press and media? (Before him, there was some independent thinking; that seems to be gone now). (in the US).

    Are there any investigative reporters there?

    And, by the way, what ever happened to the “investigation” (I guess from about a year ago) to the coal mine explosion that killed (as I recall) a few hundred miners?

  6. David says

    Oct 15, 2015 at 5:41 pm

    Turkey’s dam building projects have created the drought in Syria.

    http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Turkey_tells_Iraq_Syria_No_water_999.html

    • Linde Barrera says

      Oct 15, 2015 at 5:58 pm

      To David- Thank you for that link about the dam in Turkey and water shortage in Syria and Iraq. This is very serious. I can’t help but feel bad for the peaceful people who make no trouble in Syria and Iraq. But wouldn’t it be great if IS got dehydrated and just collapsed, never to get up again?

      • mortimer says

        Oct 15, 2015 at 7:43 pm

        And Obama is siding with Turkey by blaming ‘Global Warming’ for the insurgency.

        • David D says

          Oct 16, 2015 at 10:46 pm

          And Obama sided with Turkey in not recognizing the Armenian Genocide (after promising to do that if elected).
          You can’t get any justice out of him (or Turkey) even if you’re a dead Christian.
          Mr Demirtas, only days before this bombing stated he would press for recognition of the Genocide against Armenians and other Christian minorities in Turkey. He (and his HDP party) humiliated Erdogan by depriving him of a conclusive win in the last election. He’s a good man and charismatic.
          He’s the real target of these attacks-will he live until the Nov. 1 elections after putting the Turkish mussolini Erdogan in his place?

  7. Edward says

    Oct 15, 2015 at 6:12 pm

    The group of people seen on this article’s photo are more human like than those ilk’s that always surround President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. They always seem to coerced to be there……..as usual they always have a robot statue like to them!

    My prayers and thoughts for their safety!

  8. Sam says

    Oct 15, 2015 at 7:41 pm

    I am from Turkey originally. I can very comfortably say that it is very difficult trust any news coming from a member of a Moslem culture.

    However, Moslems committed the suicide bombings in Turkey (the recent one). Erdogan is Suni and ISIS is Suni. They have been in bed together all along. In the end you can not trust any one or the other, It is not even important which Moslem group has done it or Erdogan did it. They all want a Caliphate and dominate the world as dictated by their sick Allah. They are all against FREEDOM of human soul.

    • mortimer says

      Oct 15, 2015 at 7:45 pm

      You are 100% correct. Islam is a euphemism for ‘slavery’.

      • Huck Folder says

        Oct 16, 2015 at 12:57 am

        The essence of a califate worse than death.

  9. Rixx says

    Oct 16, 2015 at 2:05 am

    We are surprised and amazed that Israel is not blamed as usual.
    Erdogan always needs to blame someone else.

  10. EmHotep says

    Oct 16, 2015 at 2:31 am

    1. Yes, it is correct that Turkish government and ISIS ( 2 isis terrorists) has done this killings. It’s already been identified but there is a censor against press in Turkey so we cannot talk.

    2. The second stage of Jihad war had been started by sending muslim refugees to Europe, planned by Jihadist Turkish officials.

  11. Aton says

    Oct 16, 2015 at 6:04 am

    Of course King Erdogan is cooperating with ISIS. Has been from the beginning. In fact, I said this as soon as America began urging Turkey to get involved, about two years ago. Obvious really.

    Aton

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