Monday, March 14, 2011

Turkey spent $3.3 million on anti-Genocide campaign in U.S.

Last year Turkey allocated $3.3 million to lobbying organizations in U.S., Turkish Hurriyet newspaper reports referring to the U.S. Department of Justice.
According to information of Justice Department, Turkey transferred $3.3 million to 4 lobbying organizations and 3 NGOs.
It is also mentioned that blocking the passage of Armenian Resolution in the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs required major efforts and considerable expenses.
Among the organization getting money from Turkey are Gephardt Group - $1.424.113, Dickstein Shapiro - $535.500, Caspian- $168.000, Mercer - $50.000, Fleishman-Hillard- $590.859, 30 Point Strategies - $270.000.

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