Devil’s Arms: Yasin Aktay and Erdogan’s open channels of communication with terrorists

Mahmud al-Batakoshi

Yasin Aktay, an advisor of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is Erdogan’s liaison officer with terrorists around the world, especially in Iraq and Syria.

Aktay is also the bridge through which the members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood organization cross into Turkey and enjoy protection.

Aktay was born on February 20, 1966, in the southwestern Turkish city of Siirt. In 1986, he moved to Ankara to study sociology at the Middle East University. He obtained a master’s degree and a PhD from the same university.

In 1992, Aktay was appointed as an assistant professor at the University of Selçuk in Konya. In 2005, he was granted the title “professor” in sociology. Aktay taught at some universities in the US for some time.

In 2011, Aktay worked in the media and hosted a talk show on one of the Turkish TV channels. He also became the editor-in-chief of some publications. He continues to contribute articles to newspapers that back Erdogan.

Aktay joined the Justice and Development Party in 2002. He assumed a large number of administrative posts inside the party. In 2017, Erdogan appointed him as his most senior advisor and the head of Foreign Policies at the Turkish presidency.

Aktay is one of the architects of Erdogan’s policies in the Middle East region. His job is mainly to communicate with terrorist groups. Sometimes he coordinates terrorist attacks in Arab and Islamic states. He is an important link between the Turkish regime and terrorist groups across the Arab region.

Aktay has permanent channels of communication with the members of the Muslim Brotherhood who had escaped from Egypt and Syria to Turkey. He is keen to gather them in multiple events. He is also known to be the link between Erdogan and the escaped members of the Muslim brotherhood in his country.