NEWS CENTER - It was revealed that wife of Baghdadi was captured in Hatay last year. Lately, Erdoğan announced her capture, claiming he was 'announcing it for the first time'.

 

It turned out that ISIS Leader Baghdadi's wife Esma el Kubeysi Erdoğan announced to be captured, was captured in Hatay last year. According to Deutsche Welle who based its article to a Turkish authority, Baghdadi's first wife Esma Feysi Muhammed el Kubeysi was caught on June 2, 2018 with two more ISIS suspects in Hatay.

 

 

It was stated that there were one men, 4 women and 6 children in the captured group, Esma was identified as Baghdadi's wife in a short time and gave critical information about Baghdadi's whereabouts. It was also claimed that Baghdadi's daughter was in that group and she was identified via DNA testing and her name was Leyla Cebir. Those who were captured are allegedly being held in a repatriation centre.

 

 

Erdoğan made a statement, saying the killing of Bagdadi have turned into a huge campaign by USA and that they captured Baghdadi's wife and did not make a huge fuss about it. Erdoğan did not reveal any details as to where and where they were captured. 

 

 

Turkey announced that Baghdadi's sister, his sister's husband and daughter in law was captured in Syria, and London based Syria Human's Rights Observatory (SHRO)confirmed that those individuals were caught.  SHRO also announced that these individuals have been in a container camp for a year, and stated that Turkey may announce more capture news in the upcoming weeks.