A new scandal about Erdogan’s son

Damascus (ST): The scandals of the Turkish regime and its involvement in issues of corruption and association with terrorist organizations in the region continue, with secret recordings revealing that the so-called Bilal, son of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, received from a Saudi businessman internationally classified as a financier of the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda, an amount of half a million dollars within the framework of a suspicious scheme.

The leaked recordings from a court in Istanbul and published by the Swedish Nordic Monitor website included transcripts of a phone conversation between Bilal Erdogan and the Saudi businessman who fled to Turkey Yassin al-Qadi, currently being pursued internationally on charges of financing al-Qaeda.

In the first recording, Al-Qadi requested the bank account number of Erdogan’s son and confirmed that the amount to be sent was half a million dollars. Bilal answered the call, saying that he was on his way to Washington and that he would send the bank details as soon as possible.

The recordings indicate that the conversation took place on May 14, 2013, while another recording of the phone calls on November 30, 2012, shows how Al-Qadi transferred his money through Turkey. 

K.Q.