The Interior Ministry reported that over 500 Turkish citizens, including some who trained with al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan, have gone to Syria and joined the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. The government said 13 Turkish fighters with the Al Nusrah Front have been killed in Syria, and another 75 Turkish citizens are also known to have been killed there. Members of the opposition CHP party have called for an investigation into the recruitment of Turkish fighters.
