Doha, Turkey – Erdogan Says No One Can ‘slander’ Turkey Over Islamic State Oil Claims

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    Defence ministry officials sit under screens with satellite images on display during a briefing in Moscow, Russia, December 2, 2015. Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday it had proof that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his family were benefiting from the illegal smuggling of oil from Islamic State-held territory in Syria and Iraq.  REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin  Doha, Turkey – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday no one had the right to “slander” Turkey by accusing it of buying oil from Islamic State, and that he would stand down if such allegations were proven to be true.

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    Erdogan, who was speaking at a university in the Qatari capital of Doha, also said he did not want relations with Moscow to worsen further.

    Russia’s defense ministry said it had proof that Erdogan and his family were benefiting from the illegal smuggling of oil from Islamic State-held territory in Syria and Iraq.

    (Reporting by Tom Finn in Doha; Humeyra Pamuk and Melih Aslan in Istanbul; Writing by David Dolan; Editing by Nick Tattersall)


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    8 years ago

    oh yea…. GO PUTIN!!!!!!!

    8 years ago

    The truth hurts. The truth is that Turkey has always supported the rebels aka Isis. They hate Assad and the kurds. Turkey is the biggest two facer out there. With friends like them who needs enemies. Throw the bumbs out of NATO.