Turkish lobby in the United States

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The Turkish lobby in the United States is a lobby that works to promote Turkish interests with the American government. The Turkish lobby is one of the ten largest foreign lobby groups in the USA.

Strength

In August 2007, professional lobbyists had more contact with members of Congress than lobbyists working for any other foreign government.

One of the most famous lobbyists for Turkey is the Armenian - Aramaic author Edward Tashji .

Effort against the recognition of the Armenian genocide

The Turkish lobby worked hard to prevent passages of US House Resolution 106 , the United States' resolution on the Armenian Genocide . In 2010, the resolution on the Armenian Genocide aroused "aggressive pressure" on the Turkish government and its lobby company, which is headed by Richard A. Gephardt. Public relations firm Fleishman-Hillard also signed a contract with Turkey worth more than $ 100,000 a month. A contingent of members of the Turkish Parliament regularly visits Washington, DC to lobby on behalf of the Turkish viewpoint.

The Turkish government has spent millions on Washington over the past decade, most of it just on the genocide problem. The country's current lobbyist, the Gephardt Group, raises over US $ 70,000 a month solely for the service of the Ankara government .

expenditure

According to ProPublica , Turkey is one of the "top players in foreign agent lobbying", as it only spent over 3,524,632 US dollars in 2007 and 2008 just to lobby the American government. In 2009, the Turkish lobby spent nearly $ 1.7 million influencing American officials, sharing some of the interests of Middle Eastern states. Lobbyists include former Congressman Dick Gephardt and former Congressman Bob Livingston .

According to the Sunlight Foundation, the Turkish government has consistently spent millions each year on well-connected Washington lobby firms.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anupama Narayanswamy and Luke Rosiak, Adding It Up: The Top Players in foreign agent lobbying , ProPublica , August 18 of 2009.
  2. ↑ Turkey Recalls Ambassador to US Over Armenian Genocide Bill ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Associated Press , Oct. 11, 2007. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.foxnews.com
  3. ^ Ex-congressmen lobby hard on Turkey's behalf . Marilyn W. Thompson, The New York Times , October 17, 2007
  4. ↑ a b c Armenia-Turkey dispute over genocide label sets off lobbying frenzy . The Washington Post . March 3, 2010.
  5. ^ Adding it up: The Top Players in Foreign Agent Lobbying . ProPublica. August 18, 2009.
  6. ^ A b Arab Unrest Puts Their Lobbyists in Uneasy Spot . The New York Times . March 1, 2011.
  7. ↑ Defense contractors join Turkish lobbying effort in pursuit of arms deals , December 17th 2009, Sunlight Foundation.