The mayor of Ankara, from Turkey's ruling party AKP, suggested on Tuesday that the earthquakes in the western province of Çanakkale could have been organised by dark external powers aiming to destroy Turkey’s economy with an artificial earthquake near İstanbul.
Melih Gökçek said that a ship near Çanakkale was reportedly conducting seismological researches and it was necessary to determine which ship it was and to which country it belonged.
“Today a serious earthquake occurred in Çanakkale. I have investigated and there is a ship conducting seismic research nearby. What this ship is researching and which country it belongs to should be resolved urgently. I worry about a potential earthquake that could occur artificially. The blow targeting Turkey right now aims to crush Turkey economically with an earthquake near Istanbul. Some may make fun of me, but I am worried about this. All submarines and ships with large equipment near Istanbul, the Marmara Sea and Çanakkale should be monitored,” Melih Gökçek wrote on Twitter.
"Fethullahist Terrorist Organisation (FETÖ) had planned an earthquake before. Their plan was failed after the strategy was disclosed to the public on that time. But currently they are trying to originate an economic crisis with the help of the major earthquake (artificial)," he added.
The network of U.S.-based İslamic preacher Fethullah Gülen was one of the masterminds of last July's failed coup in Turkey.
