QA-22, 26 August 2015, Statement of the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tanju Bilgiç, in Response to a Question Regarding the Allegations on a Foreign News Website

“The news published on a foreign website asserting that Turkey is involved in the incident in which the first members attending the Train and Equip program were abducted by a terrorist organization while returning to Syria is completely fictitious.

Alleging that Turkey has relations with groups which it has designated as terrorist organizations is a deliberate and vicious slander.”