According to security analysts, the province of Gaziantep was a "pilot region" for the Turkish Islamist militant group Hizbullah, which has killed scores of people, including Turkish pro-secular academics, journalists and Kurdish separatists.
Conform analiştilor de securitate, provincia Gaziantep reprezenta o „regiune pilot” pentru gruparea militantă turco-islamistă Hizbullah, care a ucis nenumărate persoane, inclusiv academicieni secularişti turci, jurnalişti şi separatişti kurzi.