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"We Can Put Refugees On Buses": Leaked Memo Shows Erdogan Blackmailed Europe For Billions
Zero Hedge ^ | 02/08/2016 | Tyler Durden

Posted on 02/08/2016 12:54:45 PM PST by SeekAndFind

If there's anything we've learned over the past twelve months it's that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is prepared to employ all manner of nefarious tactics in order to preserve his grip on power in Ankara.

Following unfavorable election results last June, Erdogan plunged the country into civil war be restarting a long simmering battle with the PKK and proceeded to crack down on journalists and anyone else critical of the ruling AKP. Ultimately, new elections were called and AKP put up a stronger showing, effectively paving the way for Erdogan to rewrite Turkey's constitution and install an executive presidency.

But Erdogan's bullying isn't confined to his domestic political agenda. Greek media has obtained an internal memo which suggests the Turkish strongman effectively blackmailed the EU by demanding cash payments in exchange for efforts to curb the flow of migrants into Western Europe. "We can open the doors to Greece and Bulgaria anytime and we can put the refugees on buses," Erdogan allegedly said, on the way to demanding $3 billion per year in aid.

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Submitted by Keep Talking Greece

In internal EU memo obtained by Greek media reveals the blatant Turkish blackmail on the refugee crisis. The memo contains a summary of the dialogue between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with European Commissioner Jean Claude Juncker and President of the European Council Donald Tusk on 16th November 2015 during the G20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey. The three Presidents were discussing the Action Plan to tackle the Refugees and Migrants Crisis.

According to the memo, the bargain was hard and Turkey demanded 30 billion euro from the European Union in order to refrain from sending refugees and migrants to Europe through Greece.

EU's offer was 3 billion euro in two years, but Erdogan demanded 3 billion euro per year.

In addition, Ankara threatened, that if the EU does not link the refugee issue to Turkey's EU accession then it would:

1. Send buses full of refugees to Europe via Greece and Bulgaria and will let 10,000-15,000 refugees drown on its shores.

2. Turkey does not accept the 3 billion euro for two years he had agreed with and wants 3 billion a year at least, otherwise there will be no agreement.

3. Requests opening all accession funds soon and non instructions from the European Commission.

4. The European Commission deliberately delayed the publication of Turkey's progress report, at the same Erdogan's request to help him win the election.

Overwhelmed with arrogance Erdogan complains that the EU treated Turkey like a fool for 53 years and did not allow it to become full EU member, he compares a country like Luxembourg with the size of small Turkish town.

He also claimed that "Greece received 400 billion euro from Europe" during the economic crisis and that in fact Turkey should get a huge amount of money too. The two EU Officials told him, not to compare the Greek economic crisis with the refugee crisis. He claimed that the 3 billion euro will go for the refugees and not for Turkey.

The three-party meeting ended without an agreement.

What is worth noting is that neither Juncker, nor Tusk informed the other EU-member states about Turkey's approach. Also the media covering the G20 summit were apparently told that "the ball was rolling". but in fact there was a total media blackout on the EU-Turkey negotiations.

And at the end of the EU-Turkey agreement and Action Plan …what? The EU is expected to start pouring to Turkey -as it seems – part of the 3 billion euro as of end of February or beginning of March.

All we can do is to wait and see how Ankara will deal with the refugees and migrants.

I suppose, the EU leaked this internal memo to the Greek media, after Turkey complained that it has not received any more yet.

Copies of internal EU memo in English uploaded here.

Official EU statement on EU-Turkey Agreement 29. Nov 2015 here. As we all know meanwhile, official statements tell half the truth. The other half is been revealed little by little. That's why there is no transparency which time frame these 3 billion euro cover.

PS I also suppose that Erdogan's mind is stuck at the old US aid formula and (Truman Dogma) for Turkey and Greece. And he believes that Brussels operates in the same geopolitical way. But the red danger is gone and there is no Communist Russia anymore so that Turkey & Greece will need protection from.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: agitprop; astroturf; blackmail; erdogan; paidrussiantrolls; putinsbuttboys; refugees; russia; russianstooge; russianstooges; turkey; vladtheimploder

1 posted on 02/08/2016 12:54:45 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Erdogan wants to be the Grand Caliph of the Muslim world with his headquarters set up in ancient Istanbul probably at the old Haggia Sophia... and with the aid of his son who is the bag man for smuggled oil profits from ISIS he’s well on his way. This guy is about as close as you get to seeing how the Antichrist will operate...I am not saying this is he...just saying don’t make deals.
GK Chesterson once wrote:”Don’t take a wall down unless you know what it was originally put up there for.” Well in the case of Erdogan we can say “Tear Down that Wall Mr Erdogen...we dont want your muslim caliphate there or anywhere else.”
Freegards
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2 posted on 02/08/2016 1:01:47 PM PST by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: SeekAndFind

and if the European leaders were even 2 percent loyal, they would just block the Muslim invasion vehicles at the border


3 posted on 02/08/2016 1:02:56 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 -- 43 BCE))
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To: SeekAndFind

Invade Turkey?


4 posted on 02/08/2016 1:03:28 PM PST by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Rudyard Kipling's Dane-Geld

It is always a temptation to an armed and agile nation
To call upon a neighbour and to say: --
"We invaded you last night--we are quite prepared to fight,
Unless you pay us cash to go away."

And that is called asking for Dane-geld,
And the people who ask it explain
That you've only to pay 'em the Dane-geld
And then you'll get rid of the Dane!

It is always a temptation for a rich and lazy nation,
To puff and look important and to say: --
"Though we know we should defeat you, we have not the time to meet you.
We will therefore pay you cash to go away."

And that is called paying the Dane-geld;
But we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.

It is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation,
For fear they should succumb and go astray;
So when you are requested to pay up or be molested,
You will find it better policy to say: --

"We never pay any-one Dane-geld,
No matter how trifling the cost;
For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
And the nation that pays it is lost!"

5 posted on 02/08/2016 1:04:27 PM PST by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: SeekAndFind
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6 posted on 02/08/2016 1:05:11 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: lexington minuteman 1775; caww; Old Sarge; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; freeangel; ...

"We Can Put Refugees On Buses":

Leaked Memo Shows Erdogan Blackmailed Europe For Billions

Erdogan's bullying isn't confined to his domestic political agenda. Greek media has obtained an internal memo which suggests the Turkish strongman effectively blackmailed the EU by demanding cash payments in exchange for efforts to curb the flow of migrants into Western Europe.

"We can open the doors to Greece and Bulgaria anytime and we can put the refugees on buses," Erdogan allegedly said, on the way to demanding $3 billion per year in aid.

In internal EU memo obtained by Greek media reveals the blatant Turkish blackmail on the refugee crisis. The memo contains a summary of the dialogue between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with European Commissioner Jean Claude Juncker and President of the European Council Donald Tusk on 16th November 2015 during the G20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey. The three Presidents were discussing the Action Plan to tackle the Refugees and Migrants Crisis.

According to the memo, the bargain was hard and Turkey demanded 30 billion euro from the European Union in order to refrain from sending refugees and migrants to Europe through Greece.

EU's offer was 3 billion euro in two years, but Erdogan demanded 3 billion euro per year.

7 posted on 02/08/2016 1:08:50 PM PST by LucyT
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To: SeekAndFind

Sounds like Erdogan made a great deal.


8 posted on 02/08/2016 1:13:00 PM PST by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: LucyT

The Old Mafia would be proud : )


9 posted on 02/08/2016 1:33:12 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: SeekAndFind

Sounds like what the EU ought to be doing is hoping that Putin takes Erdogan out rather than appeasing and paying the Muslim aggressor.


10 posted on 02/08/2016 2:03:41 PM PST by Truth29
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To: LucyT

Erdogan gets billions from the EU, and the “refugees” will make their way to Europe anyway.


11 posted on 02/08/2016 2:11:39 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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12 posted on 02/08/2016 3:20:27 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: faithhopecharity

Europe is of course dumb, but the population could not stomach the policy of sinking the boats and letting them drown. This would stop the boats quite soon, but that decision will never happen.

The next best thing I believe is coming to some agreement with Turkey to put them into camps and taking all the boats captured from the sea. It would be a service Turkey provides and then of course they need to be paid for it.


13 posted on 02/08/2016 3:48:19 PM PST by Krosan
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