A Turkish MP has claimed that Islamic State terrorists in Syria received all the necessary materials to produce deadly sarin gas via Turkey.
The MP Eren Erdem says that the Syrian Government did not have sarin gas and insists there are grounds to believe a cover up has taken place.
Erdem, from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), made the claims in parliament, citing evidence from an abruptly-closed criminal case.
He argues that the West purposely blamed Syrian President Assad for the August 2013 sarin attacks, using it as part of the pretext
to make US military intervention in Syria possible.
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) member, Erdem, brought up the issue for public discussion
in parliament last week, citing evidence from an abruptly-closed criminal case.
He accused Ankara of failing to investigate Turkish supply routes used to provide terrorists with toxic sarin gas ingredients.
“There is data in this indictment.
Sarin gas is a military-grade chemical that was used in a notorious attack on Ghouta
and several other neighborhoods near the Syrian capital of Damascus in 2013.
The attacks were pinned on the Syrian leadership, who in turn agreed to get rid of all
chemical weapons stockpiles under a UN-brokered deal amid an imminent threat of US intervention.
Addressing parliamentarians on Thursday, Erdem showed a copy of the criminal case number 2013/120 that was opened
by the General Prosecutor’s Office in the city of Adana in southern Turkey.
The investigation revealed that a number of Turkish citizens took part in negotiations with
Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) representatives on the supply of sarin gas.
Pointing to evidence cited in the criminal case, he said that wiretapped phone conversations
proved that an Al-Qaeda militant, Hayyam Kasap, acquired sarin.
“These are all detected.
Based on the gathered evidence Adana authorities conducted raids and arrested 13 suspects in the case.
“About the shipment, Republic prosecutor of Adana, Mehmet Arikan, made an operation and the related people were detained.
“The phone recordings in the indictment showed all the details from how the shipment was going to be made to how it was prepared,
from the content of the labs to the source of the materials.
“And the shipment happened,”
Speaking to RT, Erdem said that according to some evidence Turkish Mechanical and Chemical
Industry Corporation was also involved, with some unconfirmed reports pointing in the direction of a government cover up,
with Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdag’s involvement.
Certain evidence suggests Bozdag wanted to know beforehand from the sarin gas producer
when and if the Islamists will use the chemical weapon.
“When I read the indictment, I saw clearly that these people have relationships with
The Machinery and Chemical Industry Institution of Turkey and they don’t have any worries
about crossing the border.
For example in Hayyam Kasap’s phone records, you hear him saying sarin gas many times, saying that the ateliers are
ready for production, materials are waiting in trucks which were supposedly carrying club soda,”
The parliamentarian said that now he feels like there is a witch hunt against him, after he confronted the justice minister.
Furthermore, Erdem argues that the West purposely blamed the regime of Bashar Assad for the August 2013 attacks
and used it as part of the pretext to make US military intervention in Syria possible.
The MP said that evidence in Adana’s case, according to his judgment, proves that IS was responsible.
“For example the chemical attack in Ghouta.
This attack was conducted just days before the sarin operation in Turkey.
It’s a high probability that this attack was carried out with those basic materials shipped through Turkey.
It is said the regime forces are responsible but the indictment says it’s ISIS.
UN inspectors went to the site but they couldn’t find any evidence.
But in this indictment, we’ve found the evidence.
We know who used the sarin gas, and our government knows it too,” he said.
At the same time, Erdem also accused the West and Europe in particular for providing
“All basic materials are purchased from Europe.
They know these people, they know who these people are working with, they know that these people are working for Al-Qaeda.
I think is Westerns are hypocrats about the situation,”
Source:
Chemical weapon materials are being brought to Turkey and being put together in Syria in camps of ISIS which was known as Iraqi
Al Qaeda during that time,”
Erdem told RT.
There are phone recordings of this shipment like ‘don’t worry about the border, we’ll take care of it’ and we also see the bureaucracy is being used,”
continued Erdem.
But a week later, inexplicably, the case was closed and all the suspects immediately crossed the Turkish-Syrian border, Erdem said.
But as far as I understand he was not an influential person in bureaucracy.
A week after, another public prosecutor was assigned, took over the indictment and all the detainees were released.
And they left Turkey crossing the Syrian border,” he said.
Which trucks were going to be used, all dates etc.
From A to Z, everything was discussed and recorded.
Despite all of this evidence, the suspects were released,”
he said.
Erdem added.
“Because no one stopped them.
That’s why maybe the sarin gas used in Syria is a result of this.”
he told RT.
Bozdag, according to Erdem denied only the part that he wanted to get notified about the operations beforehand.
Remember.
It was claimed that the regime forces were behind it.
“basic materials”
to create such a powerful chemical weapon.
Western institutions should question themselves about these relations.
Western sources know very well who carried out the sarin gas attack in Syria.
he concluded.
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