Turkish general burns down Mosque and blames it on non-Muslims - Polidicks

[quote]A retired general who has recently been accused of having conducted an assassination attempt on the life of Turkey's eighth president, Turgut Özal, has inadvertently confessed that he ordered the burning of a mosque [B]as part of psychological warfare operations[/B] in 1974. In remarks published in the Haber Türk daily yesterday as part of an interview with Gen. Sabri Yirmibeşoğlu, who led the Special War Department in 1971 and also [B]worked to mobilize civilian resistance[/B] during Turkey's military intervention on Cyprus in 1974, said: [B]“In Special War, certain acts of sabotage are staged and blamed on the enemy to increase public resistance. We did this on Cyprus; we even burnt down a mosque.”[/B] In response to the surprised correspondent's incredulous look the general said, “I am giving an example,” in an attempt to clear things up. The retired general is also believed to have wide-ranging information concerning many alleged crimes and activities of behind-the-scene organizations such as JİTEM. He was also implicated in the Sept. 6-7, 1955 pogrom in İstanbul against minorities, which today is widely believed to have been part of a manipulative plan concocted by Ergenekon-like structures. Yirmibeşoğlu has admitted that the Sept. 6-7 events were organized by the Special War Department, documented by journalist Fatih Güllapoğlu in his book “Operation with No Tanks or Arms.” In the book, Yirmibeşoğlu is quoted as saying, “Sept. 6-7 is the work of Special War [department], and it is a spectacular organization.” In the interview with Haber Türk, Yirmibeşoğlu also attempted to clarify this point. He partially denied what was in the book saying, “In 1971 I was assigned as the senior [head] of the Special War Department. At the time, there was actually no department called the Special War Department, there was only the Mobility Investigation Board that was set up for Cyprus.” The confession brings to mind the Balyoz (Sledgehammer) coup plot, allegedly drafted by a clique in the military to undermine the government. Dozens of military officers were arrested, although most were later released during the investigation into the [B]Sledgehammer document, which includes plans to bomb the Fatih and Beyazıt mosques and down a Turkish jet over the Aegean to fuel problems with Greece with the ultimate aim of discrediting the government.[/B] When allegations regarding the Sledgehammer plan first arose after the document was leaked to the press earlier this year, then-Chief of General Staff Gen.İlker Başbuğ dismissed the accusations as nonsense. Başbuğ said a military [B]whose troops are known for shouting “Allah Allah” as they attack the enemy[/B] could not possibly think of burning the house of God. However, Yirmibeşoğlu’s revelation shows that this has actually been done before.[/quote] [url]http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-222544-100-retired-general-confesses-to-burning-mosque-to-fire-up-public.html[/url] Reminds me of this: [url]http://www.zombietime.com/fraud/ambulance/[/url]

Cyprus issue is a mess, wouldn't surprise me if they resorted to things like that to whip up people to back the military thinking they were coming to protect them. Though to be honest some of the "psychological warfare" that happened in the southeast of Turkey is more screwed up.

This type of thing isn't isolated to Cyprus

How can this be news if this happened over 25 years ago?

[QUOTE=DamagePoint;25023186]How can this be news if this happened over 25 years ago?[/QUOTE] It's olds.

[QUOTE=DamagePoint;25023186]How can this be news if this happened over 25 years ago?[/QUOTE] [quote][B]In remarks published in the Haber Türk daily yesterday as part of an interview with Gen. Sabri Yirmibeşoğlu,[/B][/quote]

reminds me of the reichstag

The Greeks should just retake Constantinople, the land doesn't even belong to Turkey. It's like Great Britain owning a piece of France.

[QUOTE=OleWally;25022954 Reminds me of this: [URL]http://www.zombietime.com/fraud/ambulance/[/URL][/QUOTE] That idiotic nutjob conspiracy theory was debunked long ago, don’t be stupid enough to actually believe they didn’t do it. But knowing your past history, you would. [URL]http://www.redcross.org.lb/Library/files/hrw.pdf[/URL]

[QUOTE=starpluck;25023410]That idiotic nutjob conspiracy theory was debunked long ago, don’t be stupid enough to actually believe they didn’t do it. But knowing your past history, you would. [URL]http://www.redcross.org.lb/Library/files/hrw.pdf[/URL][/QUOTE] [url]http://zombietime.com/fraud/ambulance/hrw/[/url] Maybe you should actually read the entire first article, the entire "response", and then entire update before you say this. u felzd in2 my tarp