The Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan prevented the Turkish parliament from investigating nongovernmental organizations that were used as fronts to raise funds and recruit jihadists for ISIS.
The motion to open a parliamentary investigation into ISIS-linked NGOs was submitted to the Speaker’s Office by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on May 27, 2019. The move came after several ISIS suspects identified some NGOs as hubs for trafficking ISIS fighters and moving funds during court hearings on deadly terrorist attacks in Turkey.
Yet the parliament, controlled by Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its far-right nationalist backers, has never put the motion on the agenda, effectively killing the proposal to launch a legislative inquiry into the ISIS network in the country.
Source: Nordic Monitor