Prema sigurnosnim analitičarima, pokrajina Gaziantep bila je "pilot-region" za tursku islamističku militantnu grupu Hezbolah, koja je pobila na desetine ljudi, između ostalih i turske prosekularne akademike, novinare i kurdske separatiste.
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.