Adana Governor Office has released a statement, saying that the personnel in the trucks were members of the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT), who were on a regular duty.
The trucks left after the search, the statement added.
Security teams have seized weapons in the trucks, according to daily Radikal.
The trucks were stopped at the Ceyhan toll booth, on the main road between the provinces of Adana and Gaziantep.
Later in the day, the number of the trucks that were stopped by the securty teams went to seven, reports said.
Security measures were reportedly taken against the possibility of an explosion during the operation, with jammers dispatched to the scene.
Police have detained at least two reporters, who took photographs of the trucks, Doğan News Agency said.
Earlier this month, Hatay Gov. Celalettin Lekesiz blocked the official search of a truck arguing that the cargo was state secret. The truck continued on its route after the prosecutor noted the development.
- The government later announced that the truck was carrying aid to the Turkmens in Syria.
“There are Turkmens [in Syria]. The aid is for them. Everybody has to know one’s own job,” Interior Minister Efkan Ala said, without giving any detail on the content of the aid.
- Security officers who stopped the truck were later removed from their positions.
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Turkey may face trouble in future due to trucks allegedly carrying weapons to Syria ...
ReplyDeleteTrucks from Turkey allegedly loaded with weapons which were stopped on their way to Syria by prosecutors on a few occasions recently, along with allegations of Turkey offering logistical support to opposition groups, including radical ones, in the Syrian civil war may well result in trouble for Turkey under international laws, analysts have warned.
“Sending weapons to a neighboring country [if documented] would cause a lot of headaches for Turkey in the longer term,” Nüzhet Kandemir, Turkey's former ambassador to Washington, told Sunday's Zaman.
In the most recent incident, Turkish gendarmes intercepted seven Syria-bound trucks on suspicion of carrying arms shipments in the southern province of Adana last Sunday. The gendarmes reportedly found weapons and ammunition on the trucks, the latest in a string of similar incidents, pointing to mounting concern over Turkey's attempts to ship arms and ammunition to opposition fighters battling the Syrian regime for almost three years.
The T24 news portal claimed that after the gendarmes discovered a large number of weapons in the first three intercepted trucks, the trucks were brought to the Seyhan gendarmerie compound in Adana. Two of the trucks were filled with ammunition while another was carrying weapons, T24 said.
According to reports in the media, the prosecutor searched the trucks, which officials said belonged to the National Intelligence Organization (MİT), and recorded their contents but was unable to launch any legal operation due to pressure from the government.
Reportedly, three journalists who were trying to shoot video and photos of the incident were detained by the police, who later released the journalists, but confiscated the memory cards in their cameras..........http://www.todayszaman.com//news-337471-turkey-may-face-trouble-in-future-due-to-trucks-allegedly-carrying-weapons-to-syria.html
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