Report: President Erdogan's son has settled in Italy with his family

Todays Zaman ^ | Tuesday, October 06, 2015 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's younger son Bilal Erdogan, who was one of the prime suspects in Turkey's largest corruption case ever which was revealed on Dec. 17-25, 2013, has settled in the city of Bologna in Italy, along with his wife and children following the June 7 parliamentary election in which the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) that President Erdogan founded lost its majority in Parliament, a Turkish daily has reported.

According to the Cumhuriyet daily, Erdogan's son moved to Italy following the election to continue his Ph.D. education at Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Bologna, where he suspended study years ago, and has enrolled his children in a school there. Bilal Erdogan also reportedly asked for security guards from the Italian government.

Citing confidential sources, the newspaper said Bilal Erdogan made the decision to leave the country and register in the school that he started in 2007 following the June election after the AK Party failed to secure enough seats in Parliament to form a single-party government. The result also undermined Erdogan's goal of gaining 400 AK Party deputies in Parliament and switch the country to a presidential system that would increase his powers.

An official from the school's administration refused to answer Cumhuriyet's questions, saying it cannot disclose information about its students. However, Cumhuriyet says Bilal Erdogan has already completed his courses for the Ph.D. and is only required to write his thesis, a process which does not require him to be at the school permanently but still enables him to secure residential permission for two years.

On Sunday night, Twitter whistleblower Fuat Avni's claimed that Bilal Erdogan went to Italy on Sept. 27 with large sums of money. Pro-government media outlets have confirmed the whistleblower's allegations...

[SunkenCiv]

President Erdogan's son Bilal Erdogan (Photo: DHA)

[SunkenCiv]

Hope you've had a great day.

[PhilDragoo]

Sibel Edmonds' Confidential Woman takes off from her encounter (as a translator for FBI in 2002) with the Turkish strain of the corruption (and treason) infecting FBI, CIA, State, Pentagon, Congress. Retaliation on her as a whistleblower began under Bush and intensified under Obama.

[Don Corleone]

Bet he got a pile of dinero out first.

[gaijin]

Very brave woman.

[PGR88]

Tayyip Erdogan's younger son Bilal Erdogan

Wedding Bell Blues - Won't you marry me, Bilal?

[PhilDragoo]

Roger that. They opened up the doors of Hell--and she's still standing. The Beltway is a snake pit.

[SunkenCiv]

;’)

[the scotsman]

‘forced’ to live in Bologna.

Poor soul.

[SunkenCiv]

That’s probably Weird Al’s favorite European city.