Turkey ‘should be involved in Europe-US free trade talks’

 

From Will at THE OTHER NEWS:

İlkem Şahin, the businessman who headed Obama’s election campaign among Americans living in Turkey, believes Turkey needs to be involved in US-EU trade talks and make the most of a fortunate period in Turkish ties with the US. A trade agreement between the USand EU would negatively affect the Turkish economy, he says. 

U.S. President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have chemistry, businessman İlker Şahin has said. “We are at a very lucky period in Turkish-US relations; we need to build upon it,” he added. A Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and U.S. would have negative effects on the Turkish economy so Ankara needs to be involved in the free trade talks, he added. “I don’t think the U.S. will leave Turkey out on a deal like this since we will be negatively affected.” 

Yes, because we would never want to negatively affect Turkey, fer chrissakes.

İlkem Şahin, a campaign manager for U.S. President Barack Obama among U.S. citizens in Turkey, is also responsible for the construction of the first solar power plant in Turkey.

 

Hmmmm.....You think he got money from the Obama admin like Solyndra?