The Turkish government secretly ran surveillance on Greek nationals who visited a historic monastery on Turkey’s Black Sea coastline, according to the testimony of a former intelligence officer.
The revelations were made during a hearing on June 20, 2016 at the Istanbul 14th High Criminal Court by Muhittin Zenit, a 46-year-old former police intelligence officer. According to the transcript of the hearing, obtained by Nordic Monitor, the officer, who worked in Turkey’s northeastern province of Trabzon, admitted that one of their mandates was to monitor Greeks who visited the province for sightseeing.
“[Monitoring] Pontus activities are part of our mandate … for example, tour groups from Greece that visit the Sümela Monastery [a 4th century Greek Orthodox monastery in Trabzon]”, Zenit said, adding that he and other intelligence officers ran surveillance on Greek tourists.
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