Turkey has ISIS prosecution problem – Report
[NPASyria] According to Ottoman Turkish media, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
’s security forces arrested an ISIS leader in Istanbul in early February. The man, known only as ’Abu Huzaifah’, was a judge in Syria’s Raqqa, Manbij and Tel Abyad during the height of the caliphate, Ottoman Turkish police say.
Yet arrests — and, more importantly, prosecutions — against ISIS members in Turkey, especially of foreigners, is increasingly rare, says a new report by Crisis Group, a conflict research group. Crisis Group estimates that around 9.000 ISIS members from 102 countries have been deported by Ottoman Turkish authorities since 2011. Another 660 adults and 189 children are currently awaiting repatriation. But thousands more remain on the lam, or are serving prison sentences of ten years or less.
Posted by: trailing wife 2023-03-03 |