What did Ismail Matin do in his secret visit to Afrin?

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Afrin canton, which was classified by the world-famous strategic research centers as the most economically active, postwar area in Syria, has turned to similar areas under domination of Islamic State's gangs because of the Turkish occupation. Afrin is considered the link between Aleppo's northern and western countrysides. In addition to that, it has a fertile soil in which many crops and fruits are planted and the speed of marketing them in the local and regional markets in the neighborhood made Afrin economically prosperous. Afrin is one of the most famous regions in the Middle East for its excellent quality of olive oil."

What is the Turkish Second Army?

On an unofficial visit classified as secret, the second Turkish army commander, Ismail Matin, visited Afrin city. The second Turkish army is one of the branches of the ground forces of the Turkish armed forces, which were primarily involved in occupation of Afrin, so-called "olive branch" and contributed to the destruction of a large proportion of the infrastructure of Afrin canton and targeted the archaeological areas that are thousands of years old along with the forced displacing of about 200 thousand people who  forced to head toward to al-Shahab areas and the rest of Syrian geography.

The second Turkish army, founded in 1923, consists of about 125,000 officers and soldiers of the military force responsible for the protection of the Anatolia area and the borders with Syria, Iraq, Iran and Armenia and its headquarters in Malatya exist in central Turkey, i.e. the army is responsible for the protection of the Ottoman heritage and the sensitive file in the Turkish Republic: the border with the neighboring countries with multiple characteristics and transgressions Turkey, as well as being an effective force, along with the formations of intelligence "MIT" in the war against PKK fighters in the southeast of the country.

While the second army in the center of Turkey is known as a special training force that has been involved in the military operations with the Bordeaux "Turkish Special Forces" and Contra Guerilla "forces as mercenaries by the Turkish government to fight the Guerilla and create strife in the parties opposed to the Turkish government policy. He is also one of the main forces in destruction of Kurdish cities in Bakur Kurdistan in 2015 and the burning of Kurdish villages in Bakur for 40 years, in addition to the fact that most of its leaders, headed by General Commander Ismail Matin members of the Department of Special Intelligence, which manages Turkish policy at home and abroad.

From Jarablus, al-Bab, to Afrin... Who is Ismael Matin?

Ismail Matin took over the leadership of the Second Army after being appointed by the Turkish Ministry of Defense 12 days after the coup d'état of July 15, 2016, following the arrest of Adam Haddouti for the investigation into the coup. Ismail was formerly the commander of the General Order Corps in the Turkish gendarmerie. He is a close associate of Khulusi Akkar, the Turkish chief of staff, who was accompanied by Erdogan during his visit to the headquarters of the operations room "olive branch" occupation on January 26 last in the state of Hatay in south Turkey, which was led by Ismail Matin himself, after being promoted from before the intelligence service after two years of Operation Euphrates Shield, to occupy parts of Aleppo's northern countryside.

Ismail is one of the active parties within the government of Justice and Development to fight the Kurdish people in particular and to hit any democratic project that appears in the region. In conjunction with the demographic change in Afrin, Ismail Matin and under the supervision of Khulusi Akkar are working to reinforce their points with military preparations from the Second Army in preparation for an anticipated operation against the rightful defense Medya areas of the project where was his last visit in late last month to the border area between Bakur and Başûr Kurdistan in the state of Hakkari.

The first visit was to Mount Parsa(Bursaya), east of Afrin, 30 km in Qastal Jundo village belonging to Yezidi component, on 31 January after its occupation, the mountain containing the largest forests of the northern countryside of Aleppo and several religious shrines of the Yezidi sect turned into a violent war zone, the Turkish media quoted the AKP as a direct demonstration of the brutality of the Turkish occupation, which used all its advanced military techniques to control the strategic mountain overlooking the northern countryside of Aleppo, the Syrian city of Azaz and Turkish city Kilis for its geographic and ethnic importance to Afrin people.

Two visits in 50 days to Afrin canton

It was clear during Matin’s visit to the mountain and pictures published with Turkish commandos and Turkey 's gangs of terrorist factions that the military operation of the occupation destroyed the shrines of Sheikh Hamid and Parsa Khatoun in addition to uprooting hundreds of cypress and pine trees, aging more than 50 years old as a result of aircraft targeting F16 warplanes and ATAK Cobra aircraft, as well as the continuous bombardment of Turkish and Turkish military forces over the course of 11 days with Turkish and Turkish special forces and hundreds of mercenaries over a period of 11 days amid fierce resistance by three fighters of the People Protection Units who had risen to the rank of martyrdom.

The two visits were racist

This year was the first year that passed on Afrin without the celebration of Nowruz, which Matin ensured its non-occurrence in his visit to Afrin, who is known for his nationalistic Turkish racism, which was reflected in reality when his mercenaries destroyed the statue of Kawa the Blacksmith and making the sign of grey wolves used by all his soldiers and mercenaries.

The first visit was to the Yezidi shrines destroyed by their military techniques and the second on the same day of Nowruz, which carries great moral values among the people of Afrin. In both visits, he tried to show himself a good person by pretending to distribute aid, forgetting the massacres he committed against the people of Afrin for two consecutive months.

Other secret visit to cover up the scandal

On the second day of Ramadan, accompanied by the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces of Gaziantep "Diluk" and some of the leaders of the Second Army, he visited the outskirts of Afrin, namely the restaurant "Jabal Hawar "belonging to one of the people of Afrin" Riad Manala Mohammed."

The restaurant, located just 2 km away from Afrin, lies on a hillside overlooking the city, which is strategically and well-located for a restaurant or commercial place. Jabal Hawar is a famous restaurant in Afrin canton close to the center of the canton and the beauty of its view. It was the destination of Ismail Matin for Iftar according to private sources that attended that Iftar.

One of the Turkish fascists became the owner of a restaurant in Afrin

Anas Ari, the owner of the Ari group of restaurants in Hatay, Bakur, Kurdistan, manages the restaurant "Jabal Hawar", which was blessed by Ismail Matin and the military commander of Gaziantep. Anas Ari is one of the biggest fans of the AKP's policies, The national fascists Turk, who raise the signal of grey wolves, according to the source, who confirmed at the same time that "Anas" is influential in southwestern Turkey, noting that he had supported the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries logistically during the battles of the occupation of Afrin.

Pictures we obtained from some sources show the military commander of Gaziantep and some of the other leaders with the cook's crew, Anas Ari, at Jabal Hawar Restaurant and some other personal photos of Anas carrying one of the most modern weapons of NATO weapons appear.

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