Turkey is at it again. Greece was once again accused of operating terrorist training camps within its boarders. Newspapers all over Turkey on Wednesday showed pictures of a 25-year old man and a 25-year old woman who they said killed a police officer in Gkaziosmanpasa in Costantinopole and who they say were trained in terrorist camps in Greece.
More exactly, the stories in the Turkish press noted that the two criminals who are now in the hands of Turkish authorities belong to illegal leftist organizations and had received their training at a camp in Lavrion (near Athens)!
The news sounds startling but is there any truth to it?
Not a fat chance.
The "terrorist camps" that Turkey is referring to are several detention centers where Kurdish refugees are being detained.
We do not know why Turkey suddenly baptized them as "terrorist training camps", but certainly Ankara has its reasons (as always) when it wishes to fulfill its interests.
Here are some of the newspapers and the stories they featured about this case:
- The Turkish "Star" newspaper published a story this week that said that two "terrorists" (one woman and one man) about 25 years of age each, were responsible for the murder of a policeman by the name of Zekeria Giourtakoul. The crime was apparently recorded in the city of Costantinopole and according to the author the "terrorists", who he said belong to an alleged leftist organization and were trained at camp in Lavrion (near Athens), entered Turkey with fake identities. The article apparently included the photos of the two criminals.
- The popular Turkish Milliyet journal writes "Wanted Everywhere" and reportedly published the photographs with an article that said that these individuals received their training in Greece. The author of this article also said that the said individuals were trained in Lavrion, Greece and that they are part of an illegal leftist organization titled "DHKP-CH".
- On the other, Turkiye dedicated its first few pages to the story with an article titled "Behold the killers of police". The caption under the photographs of the two criminals writes "it was announced that they have been trained in a terrorist camp in Greece."
- Similar stories were also featured in the "Radikal", the "Haberturk" the "Yeni Safak" and the "Vatan", while the popular "Zaman" said that the identity of the cop killers was verified.
Sources in Greek
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