Humanitarian Relief Foundation (İHH) President Bülent Yıldırım is being investigated for allegedly financing al-Qaeda through his organization, daily Habertürk has reported.
The probe, led by an Istanbul specially authorized prosecutor, accuses Yıldırım of providing financial aid to al-Qaeda via his foundation with absolute secrecy, reportedly without official numbering and identification.
A Diyarbakır specially authorized prosecutor has also been leading a similar case into Yıldırım, Habertürk reported.
Yıldırım was the İHHs head during the 2010 Mavi Marmara flotilla incident and recently mediated the release of two Turkish journalists kidnapped in Syria, as well as the release of 11 Iranians last February that were kidnapped by the Free Syrian Army.
The İHH is an Istanbul-based aid foundation.
POLITICS - Head of conservative NGO under probe for financing al-Qaeda
Side note:
No one seems to want to talk about it, hurriyet News didn't even put it on the front page but rather at the bottom. But here it is. They fund Al-Qaeda which also targets Turkey.
The probe, led by an Istanbul specially authorized prosecutor, accuses Yıldırım of providing financial aid to al-Qaeda via his foundation with absolute secrecy, reportedly without official numbering and identification.
A Diyarbakır specially authorized prosecutor has also been leading a similar case into Yıldırım, Habertürk reported.
Yıldırım was the İHHs head during the 2010 Mavi Marmara flotilla incident and recently mediated the release of two Turkish journalists kidnapped in Syria, as well as the release of 11 Iranians last February that were kidnapped by the Free Syrian Army.
The İHH is an Istanbul-based aid foundation.
POLITICS - Head of conservative NGO under probe for financing al-Qaeda
Side note:
No one seems to want to talk about it, hurriyet News didn't even put it on the front page but rather at the bottom. But here it is. They fund Al-Qaeda which also targets Turkey.