Prime Minister Edi Rama has decided to hand over control of the entire Albanian territory to Turkey, questioning National Security. During the meetings held in Ankara, the Prime Minister himself announced that a control system for the territory of the country with super-intelligent drones will be built through Turkey.
Details of the project, which has raised major questions about the country’s security, were given by the Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, Belinda Balluku, who during a TV interview stated that the territory will be controlled by drones and cameras placed everywhere .
Meanwhile, German media write today that Erdogan has set up a ‘shadow army’ operating abroad.
According to the investigation of the T-Online portal, it is a mercenary company that carries out various operations and arms sales to foreign countries.
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Following the new revelations, security company Sadat is being discussed in Turkey. It trains mercenaries fighting for President Erdogan abroad. Your mission: an “Islamic superpower”.
Adnan Tanrıverdi is an influential man in Turkey, who likes to take second place in politics. After more than 30 years in the army, he retired as Brigadier General in 1996. In 2012, he founded the private military and security company Sadat Defense (Sadat A.Ş).
Officially, Sadat is a consulting company, unofficially a mercenary militia, which the Turkish government employs mainly for covert operations. In Turkey, Sadat is considered the shadow army of Turkish President Erdogan. No one denies their existence in the country, but the military only talks about it behind closed doors.
Similar to Russian President Vladimir Putin – the Wagner group – Erdogan had a private militia set up, reportedly stationed in Syria, Libya and Turkey. The main difference in Russia: Tanrıverdi calls himself an Islamist, his views seem to become increasingly radical after leaving the army. Many Sadat members are also said to represent radical nationalist-Islamic views, media reports reported. The private army gives itself a clear religious mandate: “To support the Islamic world in gaining the place it deserves among the superpowers.”
Too radical for Erdogan?
Tanrıverdi’s views, which he also communicated publicly, became very much with Erdogan. After he appointed the retired general to his advisory staff following the 2016 coup attempt, he was due to resign in early 2020. Prior to that, there had been harsh criticism of Tanrıverdi from the opposition, and the Turkish secret service and army demanded to limit the influence of the insurance company.
The relationship between the Turkish president and Sadat, on the other hand, remains ambivalent. On the one hand, he publicly distanced himself from Tanrıverdi, on the other hand, the private army apparently played a central role in numerous conflicts in the recent past.
The last mafia boss Sedat Peker was speaking as he used Sadat in the war in Syria the radical Islamic Front al-Nusra claims to have supplied weapons. This allegation is not new, as Can Dündar, a journalist living in exile in Germany, was sentenced to 18 years and nine months in prison for espionage after reporting on him. The mercenary troops will also fight in Libya and support the internationally recognized transitional government of Fayiz al-Sarradsch in training their troops.
But how dangerous is the Sadat Defense for Turkey’s internal power structure? What impact do mercenary forces have on international conflicts? Reports on their alleged structure and operations provide answers.
“Shadow Army” in Turkey
The company has raised many questions since it was founded. Sadat is officially listed as a consulting company on its website, offering courses in handling military equipment and strategic warfare, as well as special command training, training on tanks, artillery on the ground, on the ground and in the air. It is also an association registered in Turkey.
There is evidence that arms shipments were made to these various groups, but the exact involvement of the Sadat company is not known. What stands out, however, is that each of these examples fits in with Erdogan’s respective political goals. The Turkish president intervened against Assad in Syria, was one of the biggest supporters of the Libyan transitional government and sided with the Palestinians in the Middle East conflict.
Arms deliveries to Syria or Libya represent a violation of international law. Avoiding the Libyan arms embargo with the help of Sadat, for example, is definitely a way for the Turkish government to act covertly, without President Erdogan being politically responsible.
It has been confirmed that the company operates in the following countries: Syria, Libya, Qatar, Tunisia, Somalia, Ethiopia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Albania.