{"id":10463,"date":"2024-03-26T20:43:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T20:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/26\/turkey-details-visits-by-accused-moscow-attackers-to-istanbul\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T20:43:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T20:43:04","slug":"turkey-details-visits-by-accused-moscow-attackers-to-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/26\/turkey-details-visits-by-accused-moscow-attackers-to-istanbul\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Details Visits by Accused Moscow Attackers to Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/03\/26\/multimedia\/26turkey-russia-attack-1-qlgk\/26turkey-russia-attack-1-qlgk-facebookJumbo.jpg?fit=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Turkey Details Visits by Accused Moscow Attackers to Istanbul\" title=\"Turkey Details Visits by Accused Moscow Attackers to Istanbul\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Two men accused in the terrorist attack on a Moscow concert hall spent time in Istanbul just weeks before the assault, a senior Turkish security official said on Tuesday, adding that the shortness of the men\u2019s visits suggested that they had not been radicalized in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The information came on the same day that the Turkish Interior minister, Ali Yerlikaya, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AliYerlikaya\/status\/1772538182728388789\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on the platform X<\/a> that the Turkish security services had caught 147 people alleged to have connections to the Islamic State since last June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Yerlikaya did not say how many of those suspects had been apprehended since the concert hall attack in Moscow last week or whether any of those previously arrested were believed to have links to that attack. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Speaking on condition of anonymity because of government protocols, the senior security official said that one of the attack suspects who traveled to Turkey, Saidakrami Rachabalizoda, arrived in Istanbul on Jan. 5 and spent 16 days in a hotel in the city\u2019s Fatih District. He left for Moscow on March 2, the official said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The official did not say whether the men\u2019s time in Turkey was believed to have any connection to the planning or preparation for the attack, but said that Turkey\u2019s security services had assessed that the men had been radicalized before arriving in Turkey. Both men were from Tajikistan, but had been living in Russia as migrant laborers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Another suspect, Shamsidin Fariduni, entered Turkey from Russia on Feb. 20 and told Turkish officials that he made the trip was because his Russian visa had expired and he had to leave the country, the official said. He stayed in a hotel for six days in late February and posted pictures on social media during that time that appeared to be at a historic Istanbul mosque in the same district where Mr. Rachabalizoda had stayed, the official said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Fariduni returned to Moscow on March 2 on the same flight as Mr. Rachabalizoda. Both men had traveled freely between Russia and Turkey because neither was subject to an arrest warrant, the official said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Despite being a member of NATO, Turkey has maintained good relations with Russia throughout the war in Ukraine. There are several direct flights daily between Russia and Turkey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At the height of the Islamic State\u2019s control in Iraq and Syria, the terror group carried out several deadly attacks inside Turkey, but in recent years such attacks have become rare and the Turkish security services frequently publicize their efforts to disrupt terrorist networks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two men accused in the terrorist attack on a Moscow concert hall spent time in Istanbul just weeks before the assault, a senior Turkish security official said on Tuesday, adding that the shortness of the men\u2019s visits suggested that they had not been radicalized in Turkey. 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