The "Distinguished Guests" in April included Erdogan's son-in-law Berat Albayrak, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette.
Among the speakers: Mehmet Ali Yalçindağ, who was Ivanka Trump's main business contact for Trump Towers Istanbul.
Among the speakers: Mehmet Ali Yalçindağ, who was Ivanka Trump's main business contact for Trump Towers Istanbul.
The non-profit American Turkish Council reported more than $500,000 in expenses for "conferences, conventions and meetings" in 2017, the last time before this year that it held the conference at a Trump property.
IRS Form 990 from that year. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/org…
IRS Form 990 from that year. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/org…
Shortly before this year's conference, Trump met at the White House with Erdogan's son-in-law Albayrak, who was implicated (but never charged) in the Reza Zarrab case.
There appears to be an oblique reference to him in the recent Halkbank indictment. reuters.com/article/us-tur…
There appears to be an oblique reference to him in the recent Halkbank indictment. reuters.com/article/us-tur…
A Turkish consulate posted this on the last day of the conference at Trump's hotel:
White House meeting with Trump, his son-in-law Kushner, Erdogan's son-in-law Albayrak, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, whose agency had probed Zarrab and Halkbank.
White House meeting with Trump, his son-in-law Kushner, Erdogan's son-in-law Albayrak, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, whose agency had probed Zarrab and Halkbank.
Got that?
In April, the head of the agency probing Halkbank took a White House meeting with Trump, Kushner and Albayrak (who appears to have been obliquely mentioned in the Halkbank indictment) on the last day of a conference at a Trump hotel by an influential Turkish lobby.
In April, the head of the agency probing Halkbank took a White House meeting with Trump, Kushner and Albayrak (who appears to have been obliquely mentioned in the Halkbank indictment) on the last day of a conference at a Trump hotel by an influential Turkish lobby.
