Police operations arranged in six Turkish cities reveals critical information on the ISIS’s future plans regarding Turkey.
Recent operations carried out by the organization named Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), revealed schemes on preparing a jihad on Turkey.
The police operation against the organization began in January in the city of Van and spread to other bigger cities such as Istanbul, Adana, Gaziantep and Kayseri, resulting in many arrests including the leader of the organization, Halis Bayuncuk. Bayuncuk’s statement, “We will conquer Istanbul, too” was detected by audio surveillance and revealed other plans of the organization.
According to the plans, the organization was aiming at a jihad [an Islamic conquer] on Turkey when the inner conflicts would end in Syria. It was also discovered that the organization had been recruiting militants for two years in Turkey. The latest act of the organization was the abduction of the staff from the Turkish Embassy in Mosul.
According to the article by Hüseyin Özay from Taraf newspaper, the operations unveiled photos, videos and voice recordings of Bayuncuk during his stays on the camps in Syria, lecturing the recruited militia from Turkey. Bayuncuk openly states , “After the jihad of Syria, Turkey will be the next. We will conquer Istanbul, inshallah.”
The information acquired by the operation lead to other important details on the organization. According to the media, the organization ISIL firstly determines the countries with inner conflicts, then proceeds to prepare plans of jihad. The organization then sends armed forces to those countries, commencing the jihad by arranging daily or weekly acts. The militants who die during the acts are considered martyrs, and death for jihad is regarded as the ultimate point each member desires. The media belonging to the organization also revealed that the ISIL has declared jihad on Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Yemen and Sudan.
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant: “We Will Conquer Istanbul” - Aydınlık Daily
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