Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm

A former Turkish intelligence officer who admitted to the illegal trafficking of arms and jihadist fighters to Syria by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) was appointed to a senior position at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to combat Islamophobia.

Secret intelligence documents obtained by Nordic Monitor revealed that İsmail Hakkı Musa, who had served as number two at MIT for four years, personally signed confidential letters owning up to involvement with intercepted arms bound for jihadists in Syria when asked by prosecutors. He also admitted in writing that busses secretly transporting jihadists through Turkish territory were part of the MIT operation.

Musa was appointed as the personal representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims during Poland’s chairmanship in July 2022 thanks to the lobbying of the Islamist government in Turkey, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Muse’s bio posted on the OSCE website does not mention that he had worked for Turkish intelligence and instead only cites various positions he held as a Turkish diplomat. The press statement issued by the Turkish Foreign Ministry on his new position at the OSCE also omitted that key detail in his background and completely ignored his work at MIT.

READ MORE HERE >> https://nordicmonitor.com/2022/10/former-turkish-spymaster-who-armed-jihadists-became-osce-pointman-to-combat-against-islamophobia/