Qatar paid a $ 65 million bribe to Erdogan's advisor to speed up the passage of the military agreement between the two countries

 A leaked document from the Turkish intelligence showed that a prominent member of the ruling Justice and Development Party government in Turkey and deputy head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Turkish Parliament had received a $ 65 million bribe from Qatari intelligence.

The document, published today, Wednesday, by the Nordic Monitor website, which specializes in monitoring Turkish affairs, shows that the Turkish official, Ahmet Berat Konkar, who is close to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, secretly communicated with a Qatari intelligence officer to receive the money, a week before the discussion of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Turkish Parliament Of the agreement that allowed the deployment of Turkish forces in Qatar.

The incident of communication about the bribery was revealed through the testimony of Admiral Sinan Surer, who was in charge of the Turkish army's Foreign Intelligence Branch, known officially as the General Staff Department to assess the first intelligence analysis.

According to the intercepted intelligence document, according to the website, “According to the information obtained from a related source, Berat Konkar contacted a Qatari intelligence officer before the Foreign Affairs Committee session to discuss the law that allowed the deployment of Turkish military units in Qatar, and he received a bribe. $ 65 million, according to Sourier's testimony.

Konkar held the position of Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee between 2014 and 2016 and was in charge of the committee when it approved the bill allowing the deployment of Turkish forces in Qatar, on March 2, 2015.