A closer look at Eric Adams' relationship with Turkish officials JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: New York City Mayor Eric Adams has made no secret of his affinity for the country and people of Turkey. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) ERIC ADAMS: New York City is the Istanbul of America. We have some of the largest Turkish population.
SUMMERS: To be fair, he said similar things about the capitals of Mexico and Ukraine and Haiti and Croatia, but Turkish interests are at the center of yesterday's federal indictment of Mayor Adams. The charges have to do with accepting illegal campaign contributions and luxury travel in exchange for political favors. Today, Adams pleaded not guilty.
Reporting for Politico, Joe Anuta has documented that these connections with Turkey date back to 2014. Joe Anuta joins us now. Welcome to the program.
JOE ANUTA: Thanks for having me. SUMMERS: So Joe, the headline of a story that you wrote about a year ago reads that Eric Adams attended nearly 80 events celebrating Turkey, and that was before he was mayor. What can you tell us about those events? ANUTA: Yeah, so at the time, Eric Adams was Brooklyn borough president - this kind of odd position, very unique to New York.
It's sort of a largely ceremonial post now. And while there's certainly a Turkish community in Brooklyn, when you look at how small it is compared to how often the mayor was meeting with these groups, it just struck us as interesting and newsworthy. He's going to.
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