Turkey has imposed financial sanctions on some 350 people and dozens of organisations that have been blacklisted by the United Nations Security Council for alleged links to Al-Qaeda or the Taliban.
The move, made public late yesterday, would freeze any assets those individuals or groups may have in Turkey. The sanctions come at a time when Turkey has been accused of supporting groups linked to Al-Qaeda which are launching attacks on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime. Turkey denies backing those groups.