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In the voice recording, published on YouTube late on Monday, Erdogan seems to be warning his son Bilal about cash money stashed in several houses. It was not possible to decipher from conversations how much money is involved and in how many houses this amount of money is stocked, but an introductory note at the beginning of the video says the plan involves at least $1 billion cash stashed in five houses.

The conversation allegedly took place on Dec. 17, when prosecutors ordered police to raid dozens of addresses to collect evidence. Dozens of suspects were arrested, including an Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab and chief of state bank Halkbank, Süleyman Aslan. Some of the suspects were later released.

At the beginning of the phone conversation, the prime minister briefs his son Bilal about the raid and asks him to “zero” the amount stashed at houses of several people.
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-340365-turkish-main-opposition-convenes-over-erdogans-voice-recording.html

the recording http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvf4aeRLu0E

more info:
http://www.todayszaman.com/columnist/abdullah-bozkurt_340314_money-trail-in-corruption-case.html

It will be difficult for Erdogan to handle this

Thanks AdmSmith.

While in college, older journalism student (and good buddy) played a cassette tape copy for me; the contents were in some foreign language, and it was purportedly a cabinet meeting of the last Shah of Iran.

The Shah et al was supposedly discussing an idea wherein various covert agencies would stir up trouble with violence directed at both gov’t and against the jihadists who not long after took over (thanks to the de facto collusion of Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, and Zbig-boy).

The alleged idea was, the violence would turn the Iranian public (which had been completely disarmed by the Shah’s regime, unable to defend itself) against the jihadist uprising.

My journalist friend suggested that *I* should write the story about it, as he was unable to do it, he couldn’t have any solid connection with the tape. Since I didn’t understand what was being said on the tape, nor did I know its provenance, I wasn’t willing to do it, period.

It occurred to me at the time (and nothing has emerged to make me doubt it) that the tape and the “explanation” was a manifestation of an agitprop campaign against the Shah, orchestrated from outside of Iran.

It wouldn’t surprise me to learn that this purported tape of Erdogan is the same kind of thing.

And the same source is building the meme.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3104397/posts?page=17#17

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3104397/posts?page=34#34

Thanks.

I knew he was in difficulty, but did not know it was that bad.

His reactions are revealing of his crime.

Will it bring him down? I sure hope so.

Turkey does not need to go over to the “dark side” (Islamist).

They have always been lack lustre, but solidly controlled by the military.

Turkish POLs are another matter. Like ours.