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TURKEY’S opposition People’s Democratic Party (HDP) demanded answers in parliament today over alleged links between the intelligence services and the Isis mastermind of a deadly spate of bombings across the country.
HDP MP for Antep Mahmut Togrul grilled the government over allegations that the National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) had hosted the Isis operative behind bomb attacks in Suruc, Diyarbakir and Ankara that left at least 184 people dead.
Leaked security notes circulated this week alleging that Turkish spooks hosted Ilhami Bali at the five-star Anadolu Hotel in Ankara, where he is reported to have stayed from March 27 to 29 2016.
Israel angered after US president lifts sanctions on Turkey, opening way for potential sale of F-35 fighter jets
CLAUDIA WEBBE looks at how Britain’s Nato ally has upped the stakes in its effort to silence domestic dissenting voices
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)