Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov Murder Investigation Continues |
Turkish sources report that one of the people involved in the murder of Russian Ambassador Andrey Karlov is hiding in Canada. This information has clearly been provided by the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT).
The murder of the ambassador could be considered a casus belli. So, what happened on December 19, 2016, in Ankara?
The diplomat was killed during his speech. The terrorist act was carried out by 22-year-old former police officer Mevlut Mert Altintas, who was allegedly taken for a security officer and allowed into the exhibition with a weapon. Strangely enough, the ambassador’s killer was eliminated on the spot by security forces during his apprehension.
The investigation revealed that Altintas had worked in the police force for only two years and had been dismissed for involvement in the 2016 coup attempt. Furthermore, it turned out he was connected to the FETÖ organization (Fethullahci Terrorist Organization, recognized as a terrorist group in Türkiye), led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s main political opponent, Imam Fethullah Gülen. Turkish authorities suspected Gülen of having ties to the CIA and named him the main culprit behind the July 2016 events. However, if Altintas was dismissed from the police for involvement in the coup, why wasn’s he arrested? How did he retain his service ID, and where was the operational surveillance by Turkish intelligence?
It cannot be ruled out that such a course of action was planned in advance by the organizers of the attack to eliminate the perpetrator and confuse the investigation. It appears that police “accidentally” allowed a man posing as a security officer into an event with the........