Wife of ISIS member: My husband was a Turkish army officer

A woman from Turkey among the people who sought refuge with the SDF in Deir ez-Zor said her husband was a high ranking officer in the Turkish army.

SDF fighters continue to rescue hundreds of civilians and take them to safe areas. Among the rescued are the families of ISIS gangs, who have been hit hard in recent days.

Among those taken to safe areas by the SDF, there are 5 families from Turkey.

According to ANHA reporters, 5 women from Turkey who were rescued along with their children yesterday by the fighters have been in ISIS since 2014. Their husbands lost their lives in SDF operations in Northern and Eastern Syria.

The women are from Konya, Ankara and Izmir. Fidan Muhtar has 3 children, Ozlem Gemili 4 and Dilek Buyuksarioglu and Berna Turkkorkmaz have 3 children each.

Meanwhile, one of the women said her husband was a high ranking officer in the Turkish army. Berna Turkkorkmaz refused to speak to cameras but said her army officer ISIS member husband was killed in clashes.

When asked by SDF fighters, Berna Turkkorkmaz said her husband’s name was Adem and he was a high ranking army officer in the Turkish army.