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– AZAT & METIN EKINCI

Azat Ekinci was born in the early 70s’ in the predominately Kurdish town of Bingol in East Turkey. Continue reading

– HABIB AKDAS

Habib Akdas was born in the early 70s’ in Bingol, predominantly Kurdish town in East Turkey. Continue reading

– FERIDUN UGURLU

Feridun Ugurlu was born in the early 70s’ in Bingol, predominantly Kurdish town in East Turkey. Continue reading

–  ISTANBUL TERROR TRIAL

On 05/31/2004 the trial of 69 defendants, accused of forming a terror cell, linked to Al Qaeda and Ansar al Islam in Iraq, began in Istanbul. Continue reading

– GOKHAN ELALTUNTAS & ILYAS KUNCAK

Gokhan Elaltuntas was born in Bingol in 1981. Ilyas Kuncak was born in the capital Ankara in 1956. Continue reading

– MESUT CABUK

Mesut Cabuk was born in 1974 in the predominately Kurdish town of Bingol in East Turkey. Continue reading

– DOUBLE ISTANBUL BOMBINGS ATTACK

On 11/15/2003, at about 11:00, local rush-hour, in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey, on the European side of the Bosporus Strait, two truck bombs slammed into Synagogues. Just 5 days later, on 11/20/2003, a second attack carried out by the same cell, Continue reading

– TURKEY

Turkey on the Western edge of Asia has a population of about 73 millions people (11/2007), stretches on 779,452 km. Continue reading

– MOHAMMED METIN KAPLAN

Mohammed Metin Kaplan, a Turkish citizen, was born on 11/14/1952 in Erzurum, East Turkey. Continue reading

– TURKEY FLIGHT HIJACKED

On 08/18/2007 at about 11:00 local time, two men, armed with a piece of plasticine, pretended to be an explosive bomb, tried to hijack a Turkish airliner in a flight from the Turkish part of Cyprus to Istanbul with 136 passengers and crew. Continue reading
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