Letter.

Letter Published in The National UAE on 9 Mar 20Turkey silences those who expose its murky dealings in LibyaI write to you in ref er ence to your ar ti cle Turkey ar rests jour nal ists for re port on fu neral of in tel of fi cer killed in Libya (March7). This piece was an en light en ing read, which gave me insight into Ankara’s murky political in ter ests in Libya. In re cent months, Turkey has made head lines for send ing Syr ian mer ce nar ies and threat en ing to send its own army to war-stricken Libya. While Ankara at tempts to por tray it self as a benev o lent ac - tor in this con flict, a re port emerged about the death of a Turk ish In tel li gence of fi cer, killed in Libya. This news was an em bar rasse ment to Turkey, which pro ceeded to ar rest the jour nal ists who pro - duced said re port, in stead of re con sid er ing their ac tions in far away Tripoli. Will Turk ish Pres i dent Re cep Tayyip Er do gan change his pol icy in light of this scan dal? Only time will tell. K Ra ga van, Ben galuru