posted by Christopher Holton A Turkish banker named Mehmet Hakan Atilla, who was found guilty of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions following a trial that featured accusations of corruption against top Turkish officials, including Turkish dictator Erdogan, asked a federal judge this week to impose a lenient sentence. Atilla was arrested in New York in […]
Erdogan going after Gulen’s Bank’s Shareholders
On January 4, 2018 · In Erdogan, Gulenist Islamist movement, Islamic Banking, Shariah Banking, Turkey
posted by Christopher W Holton The Erdogan regime in Turkey is going after the Gulen organization’s shariah-compliant Bank Asya’s shareholders. This is the latest financial aspect of the ongoing campaign that Erdogan is waging on Gulen. Erdogan and Gulen were never best of friends but at one time their animosity de-escalated to the point of […]
The Gatestone Institute has posted an excellent analysis of Turkey’s activities to launder money to help Iran, the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism, bypass sanctions. Here are some excerpted highlights and a link to the report: In the investigation, Zarrab was accused of running a network that laundered at least $87 billion to bypass […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton In stunning testimony in a blockbuster legal case in New York on money laundering and alleged violations of sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, the key figure in the trial today declared that Turkish dictator Recep Erdogan was up to his ears in the scheme. This revelation confirms two […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday charged an executive at a Turkish state-owned bank with participating in a multi-year scheme to violate U.S. sanctions against Iran, escalating a case that has added to tensions between the United States and Turkey. Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a deputy general manager of Halkbank, is accused of […]
This incident is part of the continued conflict between the Gulenist movement and the Erdogan regime… Turkey has struggled to leave a mark during its first few months of leadership of the Group of 20 (G-20), the world’s most economically developed countries, amid midnight police raids on the country’s largest Islamic bank, administrative pressure on […]
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