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Russia ‘has proof’ of Erdogan’s Isis oil link
Photos show fuel shipments from Islamic State wells to Turkey

RUSSIA claimed yesterday to have proof that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s family profits from the illegal oil trade with Islamic State (Isis).

The Defence Ministry presented a dossier to dozens of foreign military attaches and hundreds of journalists at a conference in Moscow.

Officials produced aerial and satellite photographs showing thousands of oil tanker lorries streaming from Isis-controlled oil wells in Syria and Iraq into Turkish sea ports and refineries.

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