Turkish authorities have been providing electricity to Tal Abyad, a northern Syrian city controlled by the Takfiri group operating in Iraq and Syria, ISIL, a report said.

Turkish authorities have been providing electricity to Tal Abyad, a northern Syrian city controlled by the Takfiri group operating in Iraq and Syria, ISIL, a report said.

Citing a Friday report by the Istanbul-based BirGün daily, English-language Turkish newspaper Today’s Zaman referred to “the not-so-secret presence of ISIL militants on the streets of Akçakale, in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa.”

Akçakale forms a divided city with the Syrian town of Tal Abyad and has been experiencing “first-hand” the spillover of the unrelenting Takfiri militancy raging in Syria.

“The enemy is no longer at the gate, locals have bemoaned. It is here, in Akçakale. They are, of course, talking about ISIL,” Zaman wrote.

According to the source, the ISIL uses hotels in Akçakale as a gathering point for its recruitment efforts, transporting the recruits through the Turkish town to Tal Abyad.

The report adds the terror group also offers the locals high salaries in return for joining their ranks amid the social and economic woes in the border area.

“If I didn’t have a family, I probably wouldn’t be able to resist their offer. They offer to write off your credit card debt, give you a high salary,” the daily quoted a local as saying.

The report also said that the northern Syrian town of Tal Abyad, located in Raqqa Province, continues to receive electricity from Turkey.

The international community has for long been critical of Turkey over its provision of assistance to Takfiri terrorists waging war in Syria.

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