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Turkish minister Albayrak cancelled meetings with senators after refusing security check - DW | Ahval

Turkish minister Albayrak cancelled meetings with senators after refusing security check - DW

Turkish Finance Minister and son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Berat Albayrak, cancelled meetings at the U.S. Congress with senators during his Washington visit earlier this month after he refused to go through a security device, wrote Murat Yetkin for German broadcaster Deutsche Welle Turkish. The incident took place after Albayrak on April 12 spoke to investors in Washington on how his new economic reform package would reinvigorate Turkey’s shrinking economy.

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