Turkish opposition MP to investigate about sending mercenaries to Karabakh 

Istanbul's deputy for the HDP, Delshat Janbaz Kaya, said that the so-called "Free Syrian Army" has become the armed force of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's regime, stressing that these militias have committed crimes against humanity in Syria before.

According to what Turkish media reported, the MP spoke about reports indicating that Erdogan has sent mercenaries to the disputed region after their participation with ISIS terrorist mercenaries in several operations in Syria.

She added: "There are several reports indicating that Syrian mercenaries were sent under the supervision of the Turkish army to Nagorny Karabakh, and a number of these mercenaries were killed there."

In her interrogation, the Turkish opposition MP asked several questions to Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, saying: “Is there an investigation that the Ministry of Defense has conducted regarding this information?  How many fighters of the Free Syrian Army are in the region? ... And with what legal pretext were these mercenaries sent to the Armenian-Azeri conflict? ... and how many are they paid monthly? ... And were mercenaries sent to other conflict areas?

The questioning of the Turkish opposition to the Minister of Defense comes hours after the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, said that what Ankara is doing is part of the continuation of the Armenian genocide and an attempt to restore the Ottoman Empire.

In light of the clashes between Baku and Yerevan, Turkey entered the crisis line by stoking the fire between the two countries, by supporting its ally Azerbaijan with all its capabilities, within the framework of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's policy that lives on the conflict areas.

The current fighting is the fiercest since the 1990s and reinforces fears of a wider regional war, amid concerns for stability in the South Caucasus, the region that transports oil and gas from Azerbaijan to world markets.

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ANHA