Turkey paying off CNN, presumably to cover up funding for ISIS.

See footnotes in document | 12-8-15 | Dangus

[dangus]

I just saw an ad on CNN for Turkish airlines. Why would an American ever fly Turkish Airlines? Only 35 departing from the US used Turkish Airlines to fly anywhere but Istanbul all of last year. (1)

So why is Turkish Airlines advertising on CNN? Simple: it's an excuse to give CNN cash. Why would Turkey want to give CNN cash? To influence U.S. policy.

See, Turkey is the primary funder of ISIS. (2, 3) To be specific, Turkey's Prime Minister's son, Bilal Erdogan, is the person through whom ISIS sells its oil and collects their money. (3)

Turkey has been routinely slaughtering the Kurds, who have been ISIS' most potent opposition, routinely invading Iraq to do (4, 5). After the Kurds saved their Syrian stronghold, ISIS launched a massacre from within Turkey for revenge. (6) When Kurds killed Turkish troops who they believed allowed it to happen, Turkey let loose a war on internal and external Kurds, killing over 2,000 of them (7). Kurds have even blamed the Erdogan administration for a deadly blast at a peace rally which killed over 100. (8)

Most seriously, Turkey recently shot down a Russian craft which they claimed had veered over Turkey. The U.S. says the craft did apparently violate Turkish airspace, but for only 17 seconds, making Turkey's claims to have repeatedly warn the pilots obvious lies. (9)

So why is Turkey paying for favorable news coverage? Because they are part of NATO, and as part of NATO, the U.S. must back Turkey if Turkey goes to war. But if Turkey is determined to have been funding terrorist attacks against fighters backed by NATO forces, the situation becomes far less clear.

For now, Turkey wants to goad Russia to war. Russia, incidentally, has the right to send ships through the Darbanelles, straits that cut straight through Turkey. That's the result of Russia's demands for peace to end the Crimean War, which essentially was World War Zero. They also want to rid their neighborhood of Kurds as well as the multi-ethnic, multi-religious government of Assad in Syria.

The US needs to recognize that Turkey is the world's greatest threat to peace. But that won't happen so long as Turkey controls US propaganda. Thanks, CNN, we know whose side you are on!

(1) Source: https://www.transportation.gov/office-policy/aviation-policy/us-international-passenger-raw-data-calendar-year-2014 Look for TK for Turkish airlines, IST for Istanbul.

(2) http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2014/07/30/isis-fighter-claims-turkey-funds-the-jihadist-group/

(3) http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-25/meet-man-who-funds-isis-bilal-erdogan-son-turkeys-president

(4) http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/05/iraq-summons-turkish-ambassador-demand-withdrawal-of-troops

(5) http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-russia-turkey-davutogl-idUSKBN0TR14F20151208

(6)http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/11697764/Isil-reenters-key-Syria-border-town-of-Kobane-live.html

(7) http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/turkish-kurdish-violence-edges-turkey-closer-to-civil-war-a-1053044.html

(8) http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/10/11/turkey-bomb-blast-mourners-scuffle-with-police.html

(9) http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/26/russia-turkey-jet-mark-galeotti

[Steely Tom]

Nice catch.

[dangus]

Sorry for sourcing sources FReepers naturally stay away from (the Guardian, Reuters, etc.). I don’t get paid for this; I did it on my lunch break. So I grabbed the first news stories spelling this out. I’m sure with more time, anyone can find dozens of sources for any of the assertions, including those from conservative points of view. Google just loves these sources.

[Dragonfly]

Very interesting. Thanks.

[deweyfrank]

CNN is on the same side as the Administration.

[apocalypto]

bump

[apocalypto]

bump

[PGalt]

$uperb catch.

[Smokin' Joe]

To be specific, Turkey's Prime Minister's son, Bilal Erdogan, is the person through whom ISIS sells its oil and collects their money.

Three hundred to 350 truckloads at 200 bbls +/- each and $20/bbl makes $500,000,000.00 per year for ISIS, and leaves a LOT of meat on the bone for someone in the middle, even at fire sale prices.

Bomb the trucks! Tough stuff if little Ahmed's goat milk shipment is late.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Bkmrk.

[pierrem15]

Because it’s often the cheapest flight to central or eastern Europe.

[InMemoriam]

In the best traditions of independent Freeper research. Good catch!

[ilovesarah2012]

No doubt about that.

[dangus]

Thanks.

[TBP]

Did CNN need to be paid to do that?

[Travis McGee]

Yep, that’s how they do it, one way at least. Like paying Hillary a million bucks to speak about women’s rights in Saudi Arabia. It’s just a legalized payoff.

[null and void]

It is rather like paying a nymphomaniac for sex, now that you mention it...

[LucyT]

Turkey paying off CNN, presumably to cover up funding for ISIS.

See footnotes in document | 12-8-15 |

Article, and comments # 1 through # 16.

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[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

[Verginius Rufus]

I think Turkish Airlines has a much worse safety record than the alternative airlines. So you might save yourself some money but you have a bigger risk of winding up dead.