WikiLeaks published on Monday a searchable archive of nearly 58,000 emails from the private email account of Berat Albayrak - Turkey's incumbent energy minister and son-in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan – revealing the influence Albayrak has in Turkey and his correspondence regarding Powertrans, a company implicated in oil imports from ISIS-controlled oil fields.
The emails encompass 16 years between April 2000 and September 23, 2016. A search by the 'Powertrans' keyword in the published WikiLeaks emails returns 32 results, including emails sent to Albayrak regarding personnel and salary issues at Powertrans.
Turkey banned oil transportation by road or railway in or out of the country in November 2011, but included a provision in the same bill that it could revoke the ban in specific cases, such as meeting the needs of the military. The Turkish government later gave exclusive privilege to Powertrans for transit of oil, WikiLeaks says.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 07 2016, @07:22PM
Take a few steps back...
Obama and Clinton are figureheads, if you continue focusing on blaming just them we will never see any change. I'm fine with charging them for their war crimes, but removing them won't change the policies. We have to stop chasing the individuals and focus on the actual actions / policies our gov and military are following.
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Thursday December 08 2016, @01:42PM
This is why Trump is in trouble. He may want to do the right thing by the USA, but he is filling his cabinet with the same dangerous war hawks and robber barons. Same thing with a republican congress who happily voted yea on the Iraq Resolution. They would be more than happy to convince him that invading somefuckistan is a good thing. Those fuckers are going to drag him down.