ISIL CALLS FOR 'CONQUEST OF ISTANBUL,' SLAMS ERDOGAN

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: September 19, 2018
• Case Number: F-2017-02575
• Publication Date: August 18, 2015

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SUBJ: (U) ISIL CALLS FOR 'CONQUEST OF ISTANBUL,' SLAMS ERDOGAN
SOURCE: Istanbul Hurriyet Daily News Online in
English. 1420 GMT 18
Aug 15 (0)
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[Computer selected and disseminated without OSC editorial
intervention] - A Turkish militant _from.the Islamic State of
Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has called for the "conquest" of
Istanbul,
slamming President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for helping Western
"crusaders," 'the "atheists" of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers'
Party
(PKK), as well as the Free Syrian Army-(FSA) "secularists."
In the undated video shared on pro-ISIL social media accounts on
Aug.
17, an unnamed militant is seen speaking fluent Turkish with
sporadic
recitation of Arabic prayers and Quranic verses.
While relating how Turks had accepted Islam centuries ago, he
complains that "some of us started to worship tombs" as a photo
showing Erdogan visiting an Islamic shrine is displayed on screen.
"Then the secularist Kemal Ateturk came,.. He forced Turkish people
to deny their religion, as well as [imposed] secularism," the
militant says,
Americans, Jews, crusaders, PKK, FSA, Saudis
The Arabic word "taghut,"which means' to "cross the limits,
overstep
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boundaries," or "to rebel," is frequently used in the ISIL video,
including in descriptions. of Erdogan.
"Then the traitor Erdogan came. He did not rule by the laws of God.
He befriended Americans; Jews; crusaders; atheist PKK members;
Ataturk's secular friends, the FSA; and the apostate spies of the
Saud family," he states..
The statement slams Erdogan for "opening Turkish lands to the PKK
and
FSAi and opening Turkish air bases to crusaders and their aircraft
to
protect the atheist PKK."
After accusing Erdogan of "becoming a servant primarily to protect
his seat that he was about to lose," the militant calls on the
"people of Turkey to revolt."
Reference to al-Baghdadi
,"Let's hold the rope of the.unshakable God and then, with the order
of the believers' emir, Abu Bakr el-Baghdadi - God protect him -
who
is descended from the Prophet's line, let's conquer Istanbul, which
the traitor Erdogan makes every effort to deliver to the
crusaders,"
he concludes.
Al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIL, was recently accused of repeatedly
raping U.S. hostage Kayla Mueller before her death, U.S. television
reported Aug. 14.
A bomb that Turkish authorities blamed on ISIL killed 33 pro-
Kurdish
activists in southeastern Turkey on July 20.
Accusing Ankara of collusion with ISIL, PKK militants began attacks
against the security forces.
Both security forces and PKK militants have been killed in clashes
in
Turkey in the past month, after Ankara launched large-scale strikes
against the PKK and limited action against ISIL.
U.S. warplanes .carried out their first air strikes on ISIL targets
in
Syria after taking off from the key Incirlik Air Base in southern
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Turkey on Aug. 12.
Joint anti-ISIL operations with the participation of Turkey is
expeated to increase in .the coming days, as Ankara is waiting for
requests by Washington to maintain full-fledged coordination with
the
expected aircraft.
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