Afrinpost
Turkey officially opened, through a decision issued by the Turkish Minister of Customs, the crossing «olive branch» point on border with the occupied city of Afrin.
Although Turkey is trying to humanize the issue of opening the crossing, Syrians stressed that the unspoken aim of this step is to facilitate the transfer of olive oil stolen from the inhabitants of Afrin and its trees for sale in Turkish markets, or even exported to European countries, especially to Italy and Spain and distributed to the rest Countries.
The Turkish parliament has seen disagreements and disputes between MPs of the ruling “Justice and Development Party” and the opposition parties over the olive smuggled from Afrin, which is stolen by Turkish-backed factions.
During meetings to discuss the draft state budget for 2020, Vice President of the Republican People’s Party, Onal Çavik Oz, criticized Turkey’s policies towards Syria, pointing out that the olive oil produced from Afrin is exported to the world through Turkey «after being stolen by the Free Syrian Army », He stressed that this situation against the realization of Syrian territorial integrity.
AKP deputy Ugur I. Demir responded to the criticism by saying: “Do olives and olive oil come from Afrin or from Syria to Turkey? Yes come. Those who live there produce olives and olive oil. If we don’t get it, who will get it? Who will buy it and who will sell it? ” “This is a confession from you,” said Sarbel Kemal Bey, deputy of the Kurdish Democratic People’s Party of Izmir.
“Yes, he comes to Turkey. We admit it. Would we have let him fall into the hands of the PKK? ” The Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, also admitted stealing the Turkish occupation forces in Afrin for olive oil, exporting and selling it to the world.
In his speech to parliament, Gavishoglu said that the Turkish government sells and exports olive oil seized by the armed militias of the Turkish army from Afrin. Ihsanoglu was criticized by opposition members who protested, claiming that the proceeds from the sale of olive oil were used by the Turkish government to provide services in Afrin.
