ANKARA — The French interior minister held talks here [Ankara] after Turkey sent three insurgents from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to Marseille rather than Paris allowing them to escape.
NATO has expressed increasing concern over the use of Turkey by the ISIL.
Ankara has been the only NATO member to refuse to participate in the U.S.-led coalition against ISIL in Iraq and Syria.
France has been deemed a leading recruitment ground for ISIL. Officials said hundreds of French nationals joined ISIL as well as Al Qaida’s Nusra Front for the Defense of the Levant, most of whom arrived in Syria via Turkey.
In August 2014, Turkey arrested three alleged French recruits of ISIL and sent them to France, where they walked away without being stopped by police.
Turkey sent the French suspects to Marseille rather than Paris, where authorities were waiting. The recruits were not detected in Marseille airport.
“This malfunction between Turkish and French services deserves comprehensive consultation between the French and Turkish authorities so that such incidents do not occur again,” French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said.
Source: World Tribune
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