Wiretapped phone conversations between Islamic State (IS) militants and the Turkish intelligence have been leaked to confirm the suspected secret collaboration between the two.
‘We both are Turks, bro’: Turkey-IS phone conversation leaked
STEPANAKERT, FEBRUARY 23, ARTSAKHPRESS: As Tert.am informs, according to the Turkish Cumhuriyet, the conversations took place close to the Turkey-Syria border.
The interlocutors reportedly exchanged messages in a very friendly tone, referring to each other as “bro”.
The leaked records also reveal that members of the terrorist group and Turkish intelligence officers meet at times on the border.
The IS members are Turks too, the Turkish publication says, quoting a Turkish militant affiliated with the group as saying, “You are a Turk, bro, so am I; you are a Muslim, and so I am .”
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said he has fears that the Islamic State is in secret talks with Turkey.
