 The Representatives of the Chechen Committee in Turkey informed the Kavkaz Center reporter on the massive raid in Istanbul against the Chechens temporary residing in this country. The informer reported that early in the morning on December 2, brigades of Turkish special units, armed up to their teeth broke in refugees' homes and arrested people without submitting any kind of identity cards. Rummages in apartments and houses of the Chechens were made in a pretty severe manner. Special units men were wearing masks that arouse the rumours among the Chechens, that there were Russian FSB people among the special units members. According to the informer, there were all in all from 10 to 20 persons detained. Information on the number of the detained is being updated. As the informer reports, the representatives of the Chechen Committee have already applied to the authorities for explanations of this anti-Chechen campaign. The authorities of Turkey have not till now provided the access to the detained persons, explaining that in accordance with the law on antiterrorist activity, the authorities have the right to keep the detained persons during four days without bringing a charge. For this reason, the Chechen Committee representatives consider the large-scaled detainments of the Chechens to have been performed as a part of preparing to Vladimir PutinÂŽs visit to Turkey, which is planned for December 5-6. Evidently, they decided in Turkey to demonstrate like that their loyalty to Russia while expecting the guest from Moscow. |