Erdogan's AK Party deputy: CHP’s US visit aims to strengthen ties with Jewish lobby.

Erdogan's AK Party deputy: CHP’s US visit aims to strengthen ties with Jewish lobby.(TZ).

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Deputy Chairman Salih Kapusuz has said that the main purpose of a CHP visit to Washington is to work with the Jewish lobby and the “deep state” in the US.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and a delegation of 11 deputies left İstanbul on Saturday for a four-day visit to the US to hold talks with US officials from the White House, the Department of State, the Pentagon and Congress.

On Sunday, Kapusuz tweeted that the visit is not a usual one, and that the CHP intends to complain about Turkey.“Apparently, the CHP is eyeing a ‘holy alliance' in its US visit. I hope the CHP enjoys its ‘deep cooperation' with the Jewish lobby, which it is reinforcing with this visit,” he said, going on to cite a statement by CHP deputy Faruk Loğoğlu, who said the CHP “would mend Turkish relations with the Jewish lobby in the US on the visit.”

Kapusuz also said a new office the CHP recently opened in the US would reinforce this so-called deep cooperation.

Speaking at a press conference before his visit to Washington on Saturday, Kılıçdaroğlu said the trip was no different from his other visits to cities like Paris, London, Brussels, Baghdad and Cairo. He said the aim of the visit is to share his party's thoughts, principles and values with American officials.

Kapusuz underlined Kılıçdaroğlu's planned interview with The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which published an article on National Intelligence Organization (MİT) Undersecretary Hakan Fidan in October.
Accusing the WSJ of slandering Fidan, Kapusuz said Kılıçdaroğlu's decision to give the paper an interview made it clear where the WSJ was getting its information on Turkey.

While he said the AK Party is not against having contact with foreign countries, he added that the CHP visit was “full of contradictions.” 

"Despite the CHP's continued use of ‘anti-imperialist' and ‘anti-US' rhetoric, it has made a strong effort to go to the US over the last month," he added.

Kılıçdaroğlu was invited to Washington by the US Congress and a number of think tanks. On his first day in the US, the CHP leader was expected to meet with the Assembly of Turkish-American Associations (ATAA) and the Turkish American Scientists & Scholars Association (TASSA).

Kılıçdaroğlu is also expected to meet with Turkish and American businessmen in the US. The meetings Kılıçdaroğlu held on Sunday were closed to the press.

Most of Kılıçdaroğlu's scheduled meetings over the four-day trip are with US lawmakers.CHP deputies Engin Altay, Aydın Ayaydın, Aytun Çıray, Aykan Erdemir, Kamer Genç, Osman Korutürk, Loğoğlu, Ayşe Eser Danışoğlu, Faik Öztrak, Şafak Pavey, Sezgin Tanrıkulu and 15 journalists are accompanying Kılıçdaroğlu on his visit.Hmmmm.....Yup the 'Jewish plot' is still there .