In comments on Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised a lot of questions about his ongoing military engagement in Libya, pointedly denying that any troops had be sent, and saying Turkey was only sending trainers and military advisers so far.
Reports had previously suggested only a few dozen troops were sent, and it is unsurprising for such a small presence to be labeled advisory. Erdogan failed to comment, however, on the substantial Syrian force he is reported to have sent.
Turkey has a substantial number of allied rebel blocs in northern Syria, and reportedly has sent growing numbers of Syrian rebels into Libya. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had suggested as many as 2,400 were sent.
Turkey has neither confirmed nor denied this, and they are unlikely to, since Erdogan clearly wants to downplay the matter right now, and probably sent Syrians explicitly to give themselves a bit of distance from the operations.
The ones sent are terrorists from Syria. While many of the jihadists who terrorized Syria were foreigners brought in, and will eventually be sent back to their home countries, the ones from Syria face hanging if they return. Erdogan no longer wants them as he’s made a deal with Putin. So he’s sending them to Libya to most likely be slaughtered by Haftar.