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  • Turkish court authenticates audio that revealed spy agency MIT’s false flag in Syria – Nordic Monitor
    https://www.nordicmonitor.com/2019/01/turkish-court-authenticates-audio-that-revealed-intel-agency-mits-fal

    A Turkish court recently confirmed the authenticity of a leaked audio clip in which top-ranking Turkish officials are heard discussing the possibility of an intervention in Syria in a false flag operation conducted by Turkish intelligence agency MİT.

    In the leaked recording, then-Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, then-Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioğlu, MİT Undersecretary Hakan Fidan and then-Deputy Chief of General Staff Gen. Yaşar Güler are heard discussing military operations in Syria in Davutoğlu’s Foreign Ministry office on March 13, 2013.

    Fidan says in the recording: “If needed, I would dispatch four men to Syria. [Then] I would have them fire eight mortar shells at the Turkish side and create an excuse for war.”

    The judicial confirmation of the scandalous content was inadvertently revealed when the public prosecutor tried to pin the leak on a group critical of the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as part of espionage charges. The statements in the leak, included in the indictment as allegations, were formally confirmed by the Ankara 4th High Criminal Court in a reasoned decision that was announced on Jan. 16, 2019.

    #syrie

  • Israeli, Turkish officials meet in secret, reach agreements
    http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4740867,00.html

    Mossad chief Yossi Cohen Joseph Ciechanover, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s special envoy to Turkey, met secretly in Switzerland on Wednesday with Feridun Sinirlioğlu, the Turkish Foreign Ministry’s Undersecretary. The two nations agreed on a number of steps: Israel will found a compensations fund for victims of the raid on the Marmara; all charges against Israel will be cancelled; the ambassadors will be returned to work; and high-ranking #Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri will be banned from entering Turkey.

    Additionally, discussions on a gas pipeline from Israel to Turkey are expected to begin soon.

    #Turquie #Israel #Israël

  • Alors que Bagdad vient de menacer Ankara de s’adresser au Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU si les troupes turques n’étaient pas retirées de Bashiqa (région de Mossoul), le Hürriyet révèle qu’un accord pour y installer une base turque permanente a été signé le 04 novembre entre Ankara et le Gouvernement régional kurde d’Erbil :
    http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-military-to-have-a-base-in-iraqs-mosul.aspx?pageID=238&nI

    Turkey will have a permanent military base in the Bashiqa region of Mosul as the Turkish forces in the region training the Peshmerga forces have been reinforced, Hürriyet reported.
    The deal regarding the base was signed between Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani and Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioğlu, during the latter’s visit to northern Iraq on Nov. 4.
    At least 150 Turkish soldiers, accompanied by 20-25 tanks, were deployed to the area by land late on Dec. 4, Anadolu Agency reported.
    Turkish army sources told Anadolu Agency on Dec. 5 that they had been training fighters across four provinces in northern Iraq to fight ISIL.

    La pression des milices chiites sur al-Abadi pour appeler les Russes à la rescousse va se faire plus forte encore...

  • Turkish Jets Shoot Down Drone at Its Border With Syria - The New York Times
    http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/10/16/world/middleeast/ap-ml-syria.html

    Turkey shot down an unidentified drone that flew into its airspace Friday near the Syrian border, while Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country’s air campaign backing a Syrian government offensive has killed hundreds of militants.

    A U.S. official said the downed drone was Russian, but Moscow staunchly rejected the claim.

    The incident underlined the potential dangers of clashes involving Russian, Syrian and U.S.-led coalition planes in the increasingly crowded skies over Syria. Russian and U.S. military officials have been working on a set of rules to prevent any problems.

    The Turkish military said it issued three warnings before shooting down the aircraft with its fighter jets. It didn’t specify how it had relayed the warnings to the operators of the drone.

    The drone crashed 3 kilometers (about 2 miles) inside Turkish territory, said Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioglu. “We have not been able to establish who the drone belongs to, but we are able to work on it because it fell inside Turkish territory,” he added.

    • Russia sets up contact with Turkish military after it downs aircraft : UNIAN news
      http://www.unian.info/world/1154919-russia-sets-up-contact-with-turkish-military-after-it-downs-aircraft

      Russia’s Defense Ministry says it has established direct contact with Turkey’s military to ensure flight safety of Russian combat aircraft near the Turkish border with Syria and prevent any future incidents, according to Radio Liberty. 

      It is reported that Russia has also established a hotline between a base used by the Russian air force in Syria and the Israeli air force command center, according to Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Colonel-General Andrei Kartapolov.

      The statement came after Turkish military on Friday said it had downed an “air vehicle” of unknown origin which had violated Turkish air space close to the Syrian border, with a U.S. official suspecting it was of Russian origin. However, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday all its planes in Syria had safely returned to the base.

      Meanwhile, social network users pointed that the photos of the drone of unknown origin that was downed in Turkey were very similar to the photos of the drone that was shot down over Donbas by Ukrainian military in May 2014. It was said to be a modified version of a Russian Orlan-10, although it was significantly different from the basic version of this air vehicle.

  • L’Assemblée des turkmènes syriens (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Turkmen_Assembly) s’est réunie à Gaziantep (Turquie) pour décider que les différents groupes de combattants turkmènes qui opèrent sous la bannière de l’ASL, en étroite coordination avec les militaires turcs, soient unifiés au sein d’un commandement militaire unique visant à combattre et refouler les kurdes du YPG (beaucoup) et éventuellement Da3ich (un peu, si les Turcs s’entendent avec les Américains) :
    https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/565547-syria-turkmen-move-to-form-anti-kurd-army

    Syrian Turkmen military and political officials, who are close to Turkey, have been moving to form a unified army in northern Syria capable of confronting the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), which Ankara views as a terror group.
    “Turkmen fighting groups in Syria have taken the decision to offer greater support to each other and work to create a Turkmen army if conditions permit,” Syrian Turkmen Assembly chief Abdel Rahman Mustafa told Turkish Anadolu news on Monday.
    The Turkmen official’s comments came as the Syrian Turkmen Assembly held a meeting in southern Turkey’s Gaziantep that brought together Turkmen representatives from Aleppo, Tal Abyad, Jarabulus, Latakia, Idlib, Raqqa and the Golan.
    Alaraby Aljadeed reported that the Turkmen military and civilian officials in the meeting decided to form a military council which reports to the Syrian Turkmen Assembly, a pro-opposition group with ties to the Turkish government.
    The decision to form the council comes after calls emerged from Turkmen military formations to fight both ISIS and the Kurdish Democratic Union Party that controls the YPG, the London-based daily added.
    Syrian Turkmen have already armed themselves in a series of brigades throughout Syria that are loosely affiliated with each other and count on about 10,000 armed men in total, with the largest fighting units operating in the Aleppo province.
    Turkey’s security institutions maintain close links with the Turkmen units in Syria, providing special forces training to the brigades, which are affiliated with the Free Syrian Army and have taken part in operations in Aleppo, Idlib and outside Latakia.

    Erdogan tente-t-il une voie médiane pour peser sur les évènements au Nord et éviter un contrôle par la milice kurde des routes d’approvisionnement de Da3ich et des rebelles d’Ansar al-Chariah (al-Nusra, Ahrar al-Cham et les débris de l’ASL) sans avoir à recourir à une intervention militaire directe qui rencontre l’hostilité de certains militaires turcs et des States ?
    Toujours est-il que deux envoyés militaires américains ont rencontré aujourd’hui des officiels turcs pour discuter de la Syrie selon l’AFP :
    http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/contents/afp/2015/07/syria-conflict-turkey-us-military-diplomacy.html

    The US special envoy for the coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group was in Ankara on Tuesday to meet Turkish officials, after speculation Turkey could launch a military intervention inside Syria, sources told AFP.
    “General John Allen will hold talks in Ankara today,” a Turkish official told AFP on condition of anonymity, adding that the talks were “naturally” expected to focus on the fight against IS.
    Accompanied by US Undersecretary of Defence for Policy Christine Wormuth and military officials, Allen is expected to meet with Feridun Sinirlioglu, the Turkish undersecretary of the foreign ministry as well as military chiefs, the source said.
    Turkey has reinforced its military presence on the volatile border over the past week, deploying tanks and anti-aircraft missiles there as well as additional troops.
    The moves come as fighting between Islamist-led groups an
    d Syrian regime forces in the northern city of Aleppo has intensified.

  • Pourquoi la Turquie bloque Youtube
    http://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2014/03/27/apres-twitter-le-gouvernement-turc-s-attaque-a-youtube_4391056_3214.html

    Selon son diffuseur, et la retranscription anglaise apparue sur Dropbox, on y entend le chef du renseignement turc, Hakan Fidan, le ministre des affaires étrangères, Ahmet Davutoglu, et un vice-chef des forces armées, Yasar Guler, discuter d’une éventuelle opération en Syrie contre le groupe rebelle appelé l’Etat islamique en Irak et au Levant (EIIL).

    Dans la bande sonore, la voix attribuée à M. Fidan envisage d’envoyer « quatre hommes [en Syrie] pour lancer huit missiles dans un terrain vague » en Turquie, afin de justifier une riposte militaire turque.

    L’opération aurait eu pour but de sécuriser les alentours de la tombe de Suleyman Shah, grand-père du fondateur de l’Empire ottoman, que la Turquie considère comme relevant de sa souveraineté. La Turquie avait menacé il y a deux semaines de réagir à une éventuelle attaque contre la tombe, après des combats ayant opposé EIIL à d’autres groupes rebelles de la région, à l’est d’Alep, près de la frontière turque.

    • David Ignatius: Obama appears ready to expand covert assistance to Syrian opposition - The Washington Post
      http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-obama-appears-ready-to-expand-covert-assistance-to-syrian-opposition/2014/03/27/06717e6a-b5ff-11e3-8020-b2d790b3c9e1_story.html

      Finally, the program may seek to establish corridors for delivery of humanitarian assistance, though it is unclear how aggressively the United States and its allies would be prepared to protect these humanitarian zones.

      (Signalé par Asa Winstanley.)

    • Contrairement à ce qu’écrit Le Monde, la transcription ne parle pas de monter une opération simplement pour « sécuriser les alentours de la tombe de Suleyman Shah ». Les participants évoquent le déclenchement d’une guerre, avec des tanks qui entrent en Syrie.

    • RFI est plus disserte (la chose ne semblant pas la choquer outre mesure cependant)
      http://www.rfi.fr/europe/20140328-turquie-nouveau-scandale-elections-avenir-incertain

      Ce qui inquiète n’est pas tant la gravité du contenu de la discussion dont l’enregistrement a été publié hier - où il est tout de même question d’une provocation des services secrets pour créer le prétexte à intervenir militairement en Syrie ! - mais le fait qu’une réunion d’une telle importance soit si facilement espionnée et son contenu étalé sur la place publique. Autrement dit, c’est la sécurité de l’Etat.

    • ’US desperate to isolate Russia on all fronts’ — Pepe Escobar
      http://rt.com/op-edge/us-desperate-to-isolate-russia-893

      The Obama administration, via proverbial unnamed ‘officials’, has been positioning disinformation ‘reports’ about jihadists attacking Western interests, based out of north and northeast Syria. That could be the prelude for a perfect false flag, then used to justify a Western intervention – obviously bypassing the UN. Those warmongering dreamers of a no-fly zone over Syria have never stopped dreaming.

      This scenario also neatly dovetails with the current Erdogan administration scandal in Turkey – as what was unveiled on YouTube is exactly a national security conversation on how a NATO member, Turkey, could set up a false flag and blame Syria.

    • Une autre transition sur le IBTimes :
      http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/turkey-youtube-ban-full-transcript-leaked-syria-war-conversation-between-

      Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ban of YouTube occurred after a conversation was leaked between Head of Turkish Intelligence Hakan Fidan and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu that he wanted removed from the video-sharing website.

      The leaked call details Erdogan’s thoughts that an attack on Syria “must be seen as an opportunity for us [Turkey]”.

      In the conversation, intelligence chief Fidan says that he will send four men from Syria to attack Turkey to “make up a cause of war”.

      Deputy Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Yaşar Güler replies that Fidan’s projected actions are “a direct cause of war...what you’re going to do is a direct cause of war”.

      Turkey’s foreign ministry said the leaked recording of top officials discussing the Syria operation was “partially manipulated” and is a “wretched attack” on national security.

      In the leaked video, Fidan is discussing with Davutoğlu, Güler and other officials a possible operation within Syria to secure the tomb of Suleyman Shah, grandfather of the founder of the Ottoman empire.

    • The Turkish plot in Syria
      http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2014/03/the-turkish-plot-in-syria.html

      From Ali, the Angry Arab’s chief correspondent in Turkey: “What you have missed if you read Syria leaks from main stream media:

      Leaked records of the meeting on Syria, that Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, his deputy Feridun Sinirlioğlu, Deputy Chief of Staff of Turkish Armed Forces Yaşar Güler and Chief of Turkish National Intelligence Hakan Fidan showing the warmonger Turkish government dirty plans on Syria as well as the amount of the intervention. But as usual MSM outlets snip the critical parts of the records.

      I) You probably have missed, the desire of Fidan’s for a false-flag attack to start a war:
      – Fidan: I’ll send 4 men from Syria, if that’s what it takes. I’ll make up a cause of war by ordering a missile attack on Turkey; we can also prepare an attack on Suleiman Shah Tomb if necessary.

      II) You probably have missed Davutoğlu&Erdoğan’s plans to use Suleiman Shah Tomb as an excuse to intervene more in Syria:
      – Davutoğlu: (Erdoğan) said that in current conjuncture, this attack (on the Tomb) must be seen as an opportunity for us

      III) You probably have missed, members of Turkish armed forces are already in Syria to command the armed groups:
      – Güler: In my view, there’s no need for weapons, ammunition is needed rather. Yes, sir. Mr. Hakan (Chief of MIT) here knows, we said we can give them a general. At first Hakan Bey himself requested it. We agreed to send a general. We chose the general. The general went ahead.

      IV) You probably have missed Turkey is the biggest supporter of the terrorism in Syria:
      – Fidan: We’ve sent there about 2 thousand trucks load of weapons.

      V) You probably have missed, the amount of the hypocrisy of warmonger officials sheding crocodile tears for Syrian people:
      – Davutoğlu: The year 2012, we didn’t do it 2011. If only we’d took serious action back then, even in the summer of 2012.
      – Sinirlioğlu: They were at their lowest back in 2012.
      – Davutoğlu: Internally, they were just like Libya. Who comes in and goes from power is not of any importance to us. But some things…

      VI) You probably have missed that Turkey is governed by a bunch of ignorants: Just check out first, second, third and forth screens, they even don’t know what would they do in diplomatic arena if Turkish tanks enter Syria.

      VII) You probably have missed, how high ranking officials are aware that they have no popular support, for the intervention:
      – Güler: I mean, do even one of the opposition parties support you in such a high point of national security? Sir, is this a justifiable sense of national security?
      – Feridun Sinirlioğlu: I don’t even remember such a period.

      VIII) You probably have missed, Turkey was informed by US about a possible no-flight zone plan:
      – Sinirlioğlu: No, but the Americans have handed out the plans for the “no fly zone” at this meeting. For the first time in this meeting. Did you know about that?

      IX) You have probably have missed, how top officials are seeing the bloody war as an opportunity to gain money:
      – Güler: Look, sir, isn’t MKE (Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation) at minister’s bidding? Sir, I mean, Qatar is looking for ammo to buy in cash. “Ready cash”. So, why don’t they just get it done? It’s at Mr. Minister’s command.

      X) You have probably have missed, how “Neo-Ottomans” are afraiding of Syria:
      – Güler: Well, I agree with you. For one thing, we’re not even discussing that. But there are different things that Syria can do right now.
      – Davutoğlu: General, the reason we’re saying no this operation is because we know about the capacity of those men.”

    • TURQUIE • Complot, guerre en Syrie et interdiction de Youtube
      http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/2014/03/28/complot-guerre-en-syrie-et-interdiction-de-youtube

      Selon ces enregistrements, qui révèlent la faiblesse de l’État mis sur écoute, le ministre des Affaires étrangères, le chef des services secrets et le numéro deux de l’état-major de l’armée turque auraient discuté d’un plan visant à provoquer une intervention militaire turque en Syrie, au besoin en créant des prétextes pour intervenir.

      Le prétexte serait la menace qui pèse sur le mausolée ottoman de Suleyman Shah située dans le nord du pays, non loin d’Alep, qui est considéré selon le droit international comme territoire turc et qui est sous la menace de radicaux islamistes de l’État islamique en Irak et au Levant (EIIL).