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REVEALED: Turkey’s Plan To ‘Camouflage’ Its Lobbying Activities In The US
Daily Caller ^ | Chuck Ross

Posted on 03/18/2017 9:09:24 AM PDT by Texas Fossil

The government of Turkey planned to use front groups and operatives “camouflaged” as journalists to gain access to Capitol Hill and the U.S. security apparatus, hacked emails released by WikiLeaks reveal.

The documents, which are from the Gmail account of Berat Albayrak, Turkey’s energy minister and the son-in-law of Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, show the nascent plan for what has turned into a sprawling lobbying and PR campaign undertaken by the Turkish government.

Turkey’s lobbying efforts catapulted into the news last week after Donald Trump’s short-lived national security adviser Michael Flynn registered as a foreign lobbyist for Turkey.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: journalists; paid; turkey; us
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More revealed about the extremes that Erdogan the Islamist will stoop to.

Short excerpt. It's worth reading the entire article.

1 posted on 03/18/2017 9:09:24 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: Texas Fossil

We dodged a bullet with Flynn.


2 posted on 03/18/2017 9:13:14 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Texas Fossil

I expect Turkey to become the next Iran.


3 posted on 03/18/2017 9:13:26 AM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:23)
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To: Texas Fossil
Turkey’s lobbying efforts catapulted into the news last week after Donald Trump’s short-lived national security adviser Michael Flynn registered as a foreign lobbyist for Turkey.

Wait a minute. Flynn registered as a lobbyist for Turkey after he left?

4 posted on 03/18/2017 9:14:39 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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“In the past, defense issues and opposition to bills calling for the recognition of Ottoman genocide against Armenians a century ago have occupied much of the lobbyists’ attention. Now, Ankara is spending heavily to convince the U.S. government to extradite Fethullah Gulen, a Muslim cleric living in Pennsylvania.”

pretty revealing.


5 posted on 03/18/2017 9:14:46 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: dfwgator

YES. And honestly, I believe Trump selected him because he thought he was close enough to Turkey to keep Erdogan in line. And of course, Flynn early supported Trump. (Flynn is a Democrat)


6 posted on 03/18/2017 9:16:02 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil

Islam is a very real threat to Western Civilization.

In 1976, at the convention, Reagan said (referring to a letter he had written for a time capsule):

And suddenly it dawned on me, those who would read this letter a hundred years from now will know whether those missiles were fired. They will know whether we met our challenge. Whether they have the freedoms that we have known up until now will depend on what we do here.

The same idea applies to islam. A hundred years from now the few (or many, hopefully many) non-muslims will know if Western Civilization survived the islamic onslaught.


7 posted on 03/18/2017 9:18:31 AM PDT by samtheman (ObamaGate = Watergate Squared)
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To: aimhigh

Turkey wanted to take over Iraq and Syria, as much as he could get of each. If he wins the Referendum April 16th the Middle East is in big trouble.

There is a lot happening behind the scenes in Syria right now. Soon, probably in 2-3 weeks, the final assault on Raqqa will begin. It will not be easy, but ISIS will be defeated. Now, it is not like they are setting and waiting. Not at all. Each day the SDF is still taking villages and preparing. Much activity.


8 posted on 03/18/2017 9:20:27 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil

Interesting, this speaks to the generality that all media and political organizations should have 10 days to report and register as foreign agents when they receive anything of value originating from a foreign source.


9 posted on 03/18/2017 9:21:40 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (America returns to the Rule of Law)
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To: samtheman

Europe has been in this battle many times. Just ask the Serbs about it. The Balkans were battlefields many times.

Is EU prepared? Hell no.


10 posted on 03/18/2017 9:22:47 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Navy Patriot

YES! Too many of the Press are really the Press-titutes!

Oh, they get angry when you suggest that. bluster bluster bluster

But some of them really follow the money. And their bosses in the networks? They follow the BIG MONEY.

That is why they hate Donald J. Trump.

Go Trump!


11 posted on 03/18/2017 9:25:26 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil

Europe has been in this battle many times. Just ask the Serbs about it. The Balkans were battlefields many times.


And Clinton sided with the muzzies in the late 90s.


12 posted on 03/18/2017 9:29:44 AM PDT by samtheman (ObamaGate = Watergate Squared)
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To: Texas Fossil

Yikes!


13 posted on 03/18/2017 9:30:30 AM PDT by connyankee (#MAGABEGINS)
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To: samtheman

Carter and Reagan did as well.


14 posted on 03/18/2017 9:32:58 AM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: aimhigh

Turkey is much more dangerous than Iran.


15 posted on 03/18/2017 9:34:55 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: samtheman

“And Clinton sided with the muzzies in the late 90s”

Which is one of the reasons he started the Kosovo War on a Christian nation.


16 posted on 03/18/2017 9:38:01 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Texas Eagle

Before the election.


17 posted on 03/18/2017 9:46:44 AM PDT by Eagles6 (My weapons are lubricated by liberal tears.)
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To: Eagles6

In that case, I’m glad he’s gone. Libturds did us a favor and we (and they) didn’t even know it.


18 posted on 03/18/2017 9:50:47 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: aimhigh
I expect Turkey to become the next Iran.

Worse. Turkey is part of NATO.

19 posted on 03/18/2017 9:56:11 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie
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To: connyankee

More illuminating as the days go by?

No longer an illusion of what our “NATO Ally” /sarcasm, Turkey really is. Actually it has always been there, but was masked by the Kemalist Military.


20 posted on 03/18/2017 10:03:03 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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