Nestleder for det regjerende AKP-partiet i Tyrkia mener det er Israel som står bak Wiki-lekkasjene og at ett av hovedmålene er å svekke og skade Tyrkia.

Det lyder selvsagt selvopptatt og selvsentrert. Men nestleder Huseyin Celik snakket til pressen i fullt alvor.

“One has to look at which countries are pleased with these,» Celik was quoted as saying. «Israel is very pleased. Israel has been making statements for days, even before the release of these documents.”

“Documents were released and they immediately said, ‘Israel will not suffer from this.’ How did they know that?” Celik asked.

Turkish officials suspect that «the main cause of these leaks was to weaken the Turkish government”, Hurriyet reported.

On Tuesday, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said that the leak appeared to be «a result of a systematic work with some purpose behind it» but Gul did not mention Israel.

According to Hurriyet report, around 8,000 documents from the U.S. Embassy in Ankara have been released by WikiLeaks.

Det dette indikerer er at paranoia og konspirasjonsteorier blomstrer på høyeste nivå i Tyrkia.

Senior Turkey official says Israel behind WikiLeaks release

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