News from Turkey- 12/03/2015

Turkish Opposition MP Set to Reveal Evidence Linking Erdogan to Daesh Oil

Sputnik

4 December, 2015

Eren Erdem, a lawmaker from the Republican People's Party, Turkey's largest opposition party, says that he may have found the evidence linking President Recep Erdogan's son-in-law to the dirty oil trade with Dash.

Commenting on the sensational allegations put forth by Russia on Wednesday that Turkish President Recep Erdogan and his family are directly connected to the trade of dirty oil, Erdem revealed that he is ready to publicize information next week linking Berat Albayrak, President Erdogan's son-in-law and the Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, to the Daesh oil trade.

In the course of his press conference, covered by Sputnik Turkey, Erdem explained that on the basis of his investigation, which is still in progress, "I have been able to establish that there is a very high probability that Berat Albayrak is linked to the supply of oil by the Daesh terrorists."

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The lawmaker told media that "there is one company, headquartered in Erbil, which in 2012 acquired oil tankers, and which is currently being bombarded by Russian aircraft. I am now studying this company's records. It has partners in Turkey, and I am checking them for links to Albayrak."

Erdem noted that he will conclude his investigation next week, after which he will hold a press conference bringing the information before the public. "This investigation is aimed at trying to figure out which illegal operations are taking place in our country's oil trade," he emphasized.

Moreover, he noted that since he began discussing the possible linkage between Albayarak and Daesh oil, he has been subjected to an all-out informational attack by pro-government media.

"Today, the Takvim newspaper called me an American puppet, an Israeli agent, a supporter of the [Kurdish] PKK, and the instigator of a coup…all in the same sentence. I am inclined to view this attack on me as an attempt to belittle my significance, to attack my reputation in the eyes in the public, given that my investigation is a real threat to the government. Such a sharply negative reaction suggests that my assumptions are fair, and I am moving in the right direction to find the truth.

Now Turkey says RUSSIA is involved in illegal oil trade with ISIS after Putin warns ‘murdering our pilots’ will be met with more than just sanctions

• Turkey says it has proof Russia is involved in the illegal oil trade with ISIS
• Moscow has already accused Turkish president of profiting from trade
• Vladimir Putin has vowed to never let Ankara forget downing of warplane
• 'They will not stop regretting their actions,' Russian president said today

Daily Mail,

3 December, 2015

Turkey's president claims he has proof Russia is involved in the illegal oil trade with the Islamic State, as Vladimir Putin vows to never let Ankara forget the downing of his warplane.

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a televised speech today: 'We have the proof in our hands. We will reveal it to the world.'

Ankara's accusation comes after Russia accused Erdogan's family of involvement in the trade with ISIS - part of a black market enterprise which adds millions of dollars to the terrorists' coffers.

Speaking to reporters in Moscow yesterday, defence minister Anatoly Antonov sensationally revealed satellite images which, he claimed, showed tanker trucks freely crossing the Syrian border into Turkey.

Antonov said : 'President Erdogan and his family are involved in this criminal business.

'We know the price of Erdogan's words. Turkish leaders won't step down and they won't acknowledge anything even if their faces are smeared with the stolen oil.'

The defence ministry officials showed journalists what they said were satellite images depicting thousands of trucks carrying oil from ISIS-occupied areas in Syria and Iraq into Turkey.

They did not, however, provide any evidence to back up the claims of personal involvement of Erdogan and his family in the illegal oil trade.

The Turkish president has denied his country's involvement and said repeatedly that he would resign if Russia proves its accusations.

But today, Putin told lawmakers in his annual state of the nation address: 'We know, for example, who in Turkey fills their pockets and allows terrorists to make money from the stolen oil in Syria.

'It is precisely with this money that the bandits recruit mercenaries, buy arms and organise inhuman terrorist acts aimed against our citizens, the citizens of France, Lebanon, Mali and other countries.'

He also said Ankara will be made to regret bringing down a Russian plane on the Syrian border.

'We will not forget this complicity with terrorists,' he said. 'We always considered and will always consider treachery to be the ultimate and lowest act.

'Let those in Turkey who shot our pilots in the back know this.

'We will not stop reminding them of what they did and they will not stop regretting their actions.'

Moscow and Ankara have been locked in a furious war of words over Turkey's downing of a Russian plane along its border with Syria on November 24.

Russia has announced sanctions against Ankara banning the import of some Turkish food and reintroducing visas for visitors from the country.

'We will not rattle our sabres. But if someone thinks that after committing heinous war crimes, the murder of our people, it will end with tomatoes and limitations in construction and other fields, then they are deeply mistaken,' Putin added.

Turkish Opposition MP Set to Reveal Evidence 

Liking Erdogan to Daesh Oil

Eren Erdem, a lawmaker from the Republican People's Party, Turkey's largest opposition party, says that he may have found the evidence linking President Recep Erdogan's son-in-law to the dirty oil trade with Daesh.

Commenting on the sensational allegations put forth by Russia on Wednesday that Turkish President Recep Erdogan and his family are directly connected to the trade of dirty oil, Erdem revealed that he is ready to publicize information next week linking Berat Albayrak, President Erdogan's son-in-law and the Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, to the Daesh oil trade.

The body of 45-year-old pilot Lt-Col Oleg Peshkov - shot down by the Turkish air force last week - was returned to his homeland on Tuesday.

There are claims he was killed by rebels after bailing out of his Su-24 bomber but the exact circumstances are still not clear.

His Su-24 co-pilot Captain Konstantin Murakhtin survived after being plucked to safety in a rescue mission. He is now back in Moscow.

Russia angrily denied Turkish claims that the Su-24 encroached Turkish airspace.

But Turkey said it will not apologise to Russia for shooting down the warplane operating over Syria.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu stressed that the military was doing its job defending the country's airspace.