By Alana Mazzoni For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 02:21 GMT, 19 March 2019 | Updated: 02:21 GMT, 19 March 2019
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Turkish authorities suspect the accused Christchurch mosque gunman may have been supported or encouraged by a larger terror organisation.
Alarm bells were raised for Turkish intelligence officials when it was revealed alleged gunman Brenton Tarrant had travelled to Turkey twice in 2016, and stayed for a total of 43 days.
Police and intelligence officials say his choice of destinations is unusual for a person of his background.
'That kind of ordinary profile, who is not very well-educated and also not rich - this person can't commit such a violent action on his own. Turkish intelligence thinks there is a well-resourced organisation behind this act,' Toygun Atilla, the terrorism and security correspondent for a Turkish newspaper told the ABC.
The Greek writing on one of Tarrant's guns came from the Greek revolutionary Nikitas Stamatelopoulos, who was known as the Turk-Eater for his fighting prowess in the Greek War of Independence
Officials from Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Hungary are currently
