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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: 2) by tfried on Wednesday December 07 2016, @08:50PM
Hm, so I thought the new plan was to hit on Iran, instead (friend of Assad, friend of Russia, enemy of ISIS, enemy of Saudi Arabia)? Not that this will be any worse than the current mess, I'm just having difficulty to grasp how it will lead to stabilization of the region.
On the upside, pretty much the entire Middle-East has learnt to take America seriously but not by their word, long ago. So I guess they'll cope [soylentnews.org] just fine...