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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Iran-Related Arrest in Florida Could Have Political Implications for Turkey’s Islamist Ruling Party

Iran-Related Arrest in Florida Could Have Political Implications for Turkey’s Islamist Ruling Party
By Patrick Goodenough | March 23, 2016 | 4:08 AM EDT
President Obama and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (AP Photo, File)

(CNSNews.com) – The arrest in Florida of a prominent Iranian-Turkish businessman accused of conspiring to conduct hundreds of millions of dollars in financial transactions to help Iran evade U.S. sanctions may have major political implications in Turkey, where the same man was linked to a corruption scandal reaching into the upper ranks of the ruling party.

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