The Turkish media, citing Turkey's secret services (MIT), speak of the arrest of a "Greek spy". According to what is known, the man is called Mohamed Amar Abara and is a Greek citizen.
[/P]Turkish media sources claim that the MIT revealed that the NIS was using this person as a spy for Turkey. The same sources claim that this person behaved like a businessman on his trips to Turkey and engaged in espionage activities under the pretext of trade.
It is also claimed that he was gathering information about the Turkish army at the border and transferring it to the Greek secret services. He also conducted investigations at the behest of the NIS, always according to the same allegations, into Syrians in Turkey as well as businessmen Gulenists and members of the PYD (Syrian Kurds) settling in Greece.
Greek sources tell CNA that they are investigating the issue, which was highlighted on Turkish newspaper websites, and stress that it is not yet known whether the arrested man with an Arab name has Greek citizenship.
Athens denies
It has nothing to do with what the arrested man is accused of, Greek diplomatic sources told CNA, noting that he was kidnapped in Gaziantep by gunmen on May 19 and the Greek Embassy in Ankara has made eight representations to the Turkish Foreign Ministry since then.
Specifically, Greek diplomatic sources told CNA that the Greek nationality detainee has nothing to do with espionage and that he had been kidnapped on May 19 in Gaziantep, Turkey, where he had gone to trade carpets. The Greek embassy in Ankara has since made eight representations to the Turkish Foreign Ministry and at least 20 other representations to police authorities in Turkey, while the matter has also been taken to the EU.
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