Saturday, September 20, 2014

Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) releases 49 Turkish hostages captured in Iraq. (Turkey did not provide information surrounding their release)

The Turks, including diplomatic staff, were seized on June 11, when the Islamic State group overran Mosul and stormed the Turkish Consulate there....

The release on Saturday of 49 Turkish hostages seized by Islamic State insurgents in northern Iraq in June was part of a "pre-planned operation" by Turkish intelligence, President Tayyip Erdogan said in a statement cited by broadcaster NTV.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said earlier that the captives were freed through the intelligence agency's "own methods" and that no operation was carried out.

The Turks, including diplomatic staff, were seized on June 11, when the Islamic State group overran Mosul, Iraq and stormed the Turkish Consulate there. The hostages included Consul General Ozturk Yilmaz, other diplomats, children and special forces police.
Davutoglu told Turkish reporters during a visit to Baku, Azerbaijan that the hostages were released early on Saturday and had arrived in Turkey. He was cutting his visit short to meet with the hostages in the province of Sanliurfa, near Turkey's border with Syria.
  • Turkey had publicly resisted joining a coalition to defeat the Islamic State group, citing its 49 kidnapped citizens.
  • The United States had been careful not to push Turkey too hard as it tried to free the hostages.
The extremist group has beheaded two U.S. journalists and a British aid worker who were working in Syria as payback for airstrikes that Washington has launched against them in Iraq.
"I am sharing a joyful news which as a nation we have been waiting for," Davutoglu said. "After intense efforts that lasted days and weeks, in the early hours, our citizens were handed over to us and we brought them back to our country."
"They have crossed into Turkey and I am on my way to see them," Davutoglu said.
Thirty-two Turkish truck drivers who were also seized in Mosul in June 6 were released a month later. Turkey did not provide information surrounding their release.
By Reuters and The Associated Press
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.616779
20/9/14
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1 comment :

  1. Aileler bayram sevinci yaşıyor...

    Terör örgütü Irak Şam İslam Devleti (IŞİD) tarafından Irak'ın Musul kentinde rehin alınan ve Türkiye'ye getirilen konsolosluk görevlilerinden komiser Said Coşkun'un ailesinde sevinç hakim.

    Günün erken saatinde iş yerini açan baba Coşkun, AA muhabirine yaptığı açıklamada, oğlu ve diğer arkadaşlarının serbest bırakılmasına çok sevindiklerini söyledi.

    Türk rehinelerin serbest bırakıldığı haberini sabah namazından sonra aldıklarını anlatan Coşkun, eşi Sultan Coşkun'un duruma çok sevindiğini ve diğer oğlu ile Ankara'ya gitttiğini ifade etti.

    "Şimdi çok mutluyuz. Sadece biz değil Türkiye mutlu"

    Oğullarına kavuşacak olmanın mutluluğunu tarif edemediklerini söyleyen Coşkun, şöyle konuştu:

    "Oğlum, 4 yıldır özel harekat polisi olarak görev yapıyordu. 70 günlüğüne Musul'a gitmişti. 11 Haziran'da yaşanan olayı öğrendik ve o günden bu yana gözümüze hiç uyku girmedi, dünyamız yıkılmıştı. Şimdi ise çok mutluyuz. Cumhurbaşkanımız Recep Tayyip Erdoğan'a, Başbakanımız Ahmet Davutoğlu'na ve diğer ilgililere teşekkür ediyorum. Bizlere bir bayram sevinci yaşattılar. Allah devletimizden, milletimizden razı olsun. Her gün televizyonda haberlere bakıyorduk. Acaba ne zaman serbest kalacaklar diye. Oğlum Sait'in çocukları da burada çok zor günler yaşadı. Şimdi çok mutluyuz. Sadece biz değil Türkiye mutlu."........................http://www.aa.com.tr/tr/rss/392118--rehinelerin-evlerinde-bayram-sevinci-yasaniyor

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