Turkey recently passed legislation making it possible for foreign doctors and nurses to work in Turkish hospitals.
The source claims that Iranian official institutions train nurses in espionage before their arrival in Turkey, the Habertürk daily reported on Wednesday. The source is believed to be an Azeri Iranian.
“My wife is a nurse and we decided to apply after we learned that Iran will send nurses to Turkey. A state official then visited us, asking my wife to attend a course before going to Turkey,” says the unknown source in a letter to the ministry. The source claimed the courses are on “patient influencing techniques” and “gathering personal information.”
The information comes days after news of another suspicious Iranian course of action, claiming that the Quds Force, a military unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, plans to send a group to Turkey to carry out armed attacks on the US Embassy and consulates. The National Police Department, which gathered the intelligence, has warned police departments in all the 81 provinces that they must be vigilant and remain alert to the existence of such a threat.
The Interior Ministry has since started investigating Iranians who have applied to come to Turkey. It has also asked the Foreign Ministry to aid it in the investigation.
