A MAN accused of killing a Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) member in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir today is alleged to have received military training in Syria. 

Onur Gencer, who was arrested by police after the attack, claimed to have been acting independently and denied having links to any political party . 
 
“I am not affiliated with any group. I entered the building because I hate the PKK [Kurdistan Workers Party] and fired at random,” he said in a statement. 

Photographs on his social media account appear to show him giving the salute of the Grey Wolves, a fascist organisation linked to the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).