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Elected/public state and local officials who went on Gulenist Turkey trips

http://turkishinvitations.weebly.com/elected-officials-who-went-on-gulenist-turkey-trips.html

The standard Gulen Lobby Turkey trip is 9-10 days long.

Most commonly a figure around $3500 has been used.  To subsidize 6000 people at this level means the Gulen Lobby had invested $21 million in these trips as of 2012.

Most state and local officials are not required to report international trips when they are not paid with government funds.  This means that many more public officials went on these trips without leaving a trace, and therefore could not be listed below.

Akron Beakon Journal - Three months earlier, Rosenberger joined two other House Republicans and two local officials for a trip to Turkey. The trip, focused on economic development, was paid for by the Niagara Foundation, which also has sponsored dinner at the state capital.

Rosenberger’s office did not answer Beacon Journal requests for information.

• State Rep. Cliff Rosenberger (86th District)   (Niagara Foundation, Serkan Aykan)
• State Rep. Peter Beck (67th District) (indicted felon) (Niagara Foundation, Serkan Aykan) indicted felon
• State Rep. Bob Peterson (85th District)  (Niagara Foundation, Serkan Aykan)
• Jeremy Shaffer, Highland County Commissioner   (Niagara Foundation, Serkan Aykan)
• Bret Dixon, Clinton County Economic and Business Development Director   (Niagara Foundation, Serkan Aykan)
• Janelle Mead, Ohio Department of Agriculture Markets Division Chief   (Niagara Foundation, Serkan Aykan)
• Tim Sword, Global Agriculture Program Manager, Ohio Development Services Agency (Ohio state govt)  (Niagara Foundation, Serkan Aykan)

Those who gave Note that there are no chater schools in Cliff's didtrict.

HUSEYIN AYDIN $ 500 2/18/12 TEACHER, HORIZON SCIENCE ACADEMY, CINCINNATI OH COMMITTEE TO ELECT CLIFF ROSENBERGER

OSMAN CALISKAN $ 400 2/18/12 TEACHER, HORIZON SCIENCE ACADEMY COMMITTEE TO ELECT CLIFF ROSENBERGER

 MUSTAFA ICEL $ 300 2/18/12 DIRECTOR, HORIZON SCIENCE ACADEMY COMMITTEE TO ELECT CLIFF ROSENBERGER

 ZOKIRJON MIRZOEV $ 200 2/18/12 TEACHER, HORIZON SCIENCE ACADEMY COMMITTEE TO ELECT CLIFF ROSENBERGER

 OZGWR OZEY $ 150 2/18/12 DIRECTOR, TURKISH AMERICAN SOCIETY OF OHIO DAYTON COMMITTEE TO ELECT CLIFF ROSENBERGER

 ORHAN UFAK $ 300 2/18/12 ASST.DIRECTOR, HORIZON SCIENCE ACADEMY, CINCINNATI COMMITTEE TO ELECT CLIFF ROSENBERGER

Concept Schools manages 27 publicly-funded Gulen charter schools that are currently operational, including the chain of Horizon Science Academy schools, 

The Niagara Foundation is an openly Gulenist organization, as can be clearly seen from its website (Fethullah Gulen is its honorary president).  The connections of Concept and Horizon to Niagara and SAC are demonstrated by the fact that the domain registration information for the Science Academy of Chicago website, saoc.org, gives registrant email asinfo@conceptschools.org.  Further financial connections have been documented on this webpage.

Akron Beakon Journal - Three months earlier, Rosenberger joined two other House Republicans and two local officials for a trip to Turkey. The trip, focused on economic development, was paid for by the Niagara Foundation, which also has sponsored dinner at the state capital.

Rosenberger’s office did not answer Beacon Journal requests for information.

A chain of 19 publicly funded Ohio charter schools, founded by Turkish immigrants, is taking the position that the United States lacks a qualified pool of math and science teachers and is importing perhaps hundreds of Turks to fill the void.