Kamil Ekim Alptekin

Kamil Ekim Alptekin (born 1977)[1] is a Turkish businessman with real estate, aerospace, and consulting interests. He is the current Chairman of the Turkey-U.S. Business Council (TAİK) and an advocate for improved Turkish-American relations.[2] His payments to Michael T. Flynn for research and lobbying work against the Gülen movement were central to a political controversy in American politics.[3][4][5] Alptekin was indicted on December 12, 2018 on charges of conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government and making false statements to investigators.[6] These charges were eventually dropped. [7]

  1. ^ "Liberal International Turkey fact-finding mission 27-30 March, 2008" (PDF). Liberal International. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "ABOUT TAİK". Turkey-U.S. Business Council. The current Chairman of the Business Council is Ekim Alptekin, the Chairman of EA Group.
  3. ^ Buncombe, Andrew. "Donald Trump's national security chief 'took money from Putin and Erdogan', says former NSA employee".
  4. ^ "LOBBYING REGISTRATION".
  5. ^ "Foreign Agent Registration Statement" (PDF).
  6. ^ Gillis, James P.; Turgeon, Evan N. (December 12, 2018). "Case 1:18-cr-00457-AJT Document 1". United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  7. ^ "Prosecutors drop charges against Bijan Kian, a onetime business partner of Michael Flynn". September 11, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.