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who felt bypassed by globalization. Similarly, the elitist secular parties that had ruled Turkey for most of the 20th century were swept aside by Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party, which appealed to a rising Islamist middle class. And in Venezuela, it took only a few years in power for Hugo Chav
sident Trump's national security adviser, did lucra- tive consulting work for a firm with ties to the government of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan before and immediately after the 2016 election. Among other things, Flynn wrote an op-ed that urged the American government to expel Fethullah Gal
anies to acquire crucial assets in democratic countries. The firms that participated in the public relations audition were Hill+ Knowlton, Ogilvy, Ketchum, FleishmanHil- lard, and Edelman. According to the Reuters account, the firms were asked to give a presentation non China's most pressing image pro
term extensively in 2009, its usage has continued to increase in frequency, not just among Kurds but among Turks as well, including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who also used the term "Kurdistan" in a speech he made on Nov. 16 in Diyarbakir with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani
s as well, including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who also used the term "Kurdistan" in a speech
ly "exceptional" about their country at all in the emerging new world order. He did this with a troika of passive- aggressive moves. First, via the Ketchum public relations company, Putin published an op-ed in the New York Times—it went live on the newspaper's website on September 11—in which he cautio
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officially portrayed as a strong if mildly flawed leader rather than as the man responsible for the deaths of millions of his own people. In Turkey, Erdogan has decreed that high school students should study the de- funct Ottoman language, challenging a nearly century-old reform linked to Mustafa Kemal At
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019242 →ose who felt bypassed by globalization. Similarly, the elitist secular parties that had ruled Turkey for most of the 20th century were swept aside by Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party, which appealed to a rising Islamist middle class. And in Venezuela, it took only a few years in power for Hugo Chavez
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019273 →companies to acquire crucial assets in democratic countries. The firms that participated in the public relations audition were Hill+Knowlton, Ogilvy, Ketchum, FleishmanHil- lard, and Edelman. According to the Reuters account, the firms were asked to give a presentation “on China's most pressing image probl
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Barack Obama
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Bill Clinton
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Donald Trump
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Prince Andrew
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Middle East
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Samantha Power
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Marc Rich
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George Mitchell
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