The news report by Hürriyet had already noted the fact that those military equipment were listed in the U.N.’s Comtrade database under the code 9303: “Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (e.g., sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, Very pistols and other devices designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers.”

The report also said that the weapons in question were classified as non-military arms according to the The Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) used by TÜİK.