In Istanbul, Surprise That Trump Towers Complex Is Linked to Trump
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[A] coincidence, however, it is not. Technically, neither Mr. Trump nor the Trump Organization owns the property (or most of the other buildings featuring the Trump name outside the United States). But in 2010, Mr. Trump allowed the building?s Turkish owners, Dogan Holding, to brand it with his name, in exchange for a sizable fee. The total has not been disclosed, but campaign records show that by July 2015, Dogan Holding had paid Mr. Trump between $1 million and $5 million for the use of his name. ...
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/w...-to-trump.html
All of the Trump and Trump named properties are high profile terrorist targets.
So there is a personal business interest here for Trump.
Turkey is a NATO (hesitant) ally also.
Erdogan is an elected leader (just like Trump is).
Assad and Erdogan's relationship could be described as "Nemesis" hardly BFF.
Still, I would like to be a fly on the wall at that meeting ...