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Report: Turkey investigating IHH head for funding al-Qaida

By JPOST.COM STAFF. LAST UPDATED: 06/15/2012 12:45

Turkish legal authorities are investigating allegations that one of the key figures behind the May 2010 Gaza flotilla, Bülent Yıldırım, was involved in transferring funds to al-Qaida, Turkish daily Habertürk reported on Friday.



Bülent Yıldırım is the president of the IHH, a Turkish charity that was one of the main planners of the Gaza flotilla, widely considered a terrorist organization by a number of bodies - including the Israeli government. The IHH has been accused of maintaining ties with a number of terror organizations.

According to the report, Yildirim has been under investigation for secretly “providing financial aid to al-Qaida via his foundation” by special prosecutors in both Istranbul and Diyarbakır.

Source: http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=273976


Added: Jun-15-2012 Occurred On: Jun-15-2012
By: ellhow
In: Other Middle East
Tags: IHH, Turkey
Location: Turkey (load item map)
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