Bob Blumenfield Current Councilman facilitates Redevelopment of #ResedaTownCenter for Magnolia Science Academy #1 #MarkDierking Ethics investigation

This should come as no surprise to anyone that knows the Gulen Movement, they have been latching onto Redevelopment Funds and Land for over 19 years.  In this case of #ResedaTownCenter it takes in a typical but interesting case that involves the newly departed CEO of Magnolia Science Academy, Dr. Caprice Young's husband Mark Dierking.

Mark Dierking was appointed to the SV Planning Commission by Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti, in 2014 and was recently just re appointed.   Mark has had an "in "as being a commissioner and part of the transportation development to property qualified as redevelopment for funding.  Reseda Town Center #241 was perfect for his wife's controversial group of schools who cannot grow with NEW doors but is trying to expand from within.   By adding grades, looking for more space the Magnolia Science Academies have struggled in California with 2 schools closing (Orangevale, CA and Santa Clara, CA) and the denial of renewal by LAUSD of 4 of their 8 schools in LAUSD (they have 2 more- one in Santa Ana that is state controlled after denial by local SAUSD and the LACOE-  And another in San Diego Unified School District)

Mark Dierking has had a relationship with all city council members and plays many political games as his goofy wife does, trying to infiltrate as many people of power influence as they can.   Dr. Caprice Young, is part of the CCSA and Eli Broad gang that call themselves "Educational Reformers" they have both managed to not only have a "relationship" with Bob Blumenfield, they have made sure that the Magnolia Science Academy in Reseda, CA has had Blumenfield as guests at their school and given campaign contributions to Blumenfield, 

Blumenfield return the "favors" by sending his flunky aide to the LAUSD when Magnolia #1 was going for renewal to "testify" on behalf of his office.  Blumenfield has also been rubbing nuts with the Gulen Movement's Pacifica Instittue and opened their center in Northridge for them in 2012.   Blumenfield also appointed Principal of Magnolia Science Academy Reseda to the Steering Committee for Reseda Town Center . 

Mr. Mustafa Sahin particpated in most of the Reseda Town Center  development that "benefitted" Magnolia Science Academy as it's main anchor.  Isn't this a conflict of interest? 

<---- Bob Blumenfield
cutting the ribbon for the Gulen lobbying arm of Pacifica Institute which pretends to be a "dialogue" umbrella but the reality is it's a Lobbying Arm, they did sponsor a dinner at the state capitol March 2013 with then state assemblyman Senator Hoff with the Government of Azerbaijan SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic)  which the Gulenists control in Azerbaijan. 

Pacifica Institute's honorary president is Fetullah Gulen they make no effort to hide this on their website . 
Click Here Pacifica Institute

Further information about Gulen fake dialogue / lobbying groups across the United States can be found here.
Gulen Lobbying

Bob Blumenfield's plans

You rub Bobby's back he will rub yours

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Tom Horne Attorney General of Arizona exposed as a tool of Gulen Movement CONCEDES the election as Attorney General.

Over 3 years ago,when Tom formally the State Superintendant of Schools of Arizona.  Tom was in the pockets of the Gulen Movement Charter schools in Arizona (Sonoran Science Academies and Paragon Science Academy)

 

1) Over 3 years ago, Tom was featured on CNN news for shamelessly harassing American teachers with credentials for having "accents" some of these teachers had master's degrees and spoke 3 languages.  They are Americans but came from countries: Brazil, Ireland and Trinidad.  Tom openly attacked Mexican-American Studies, hates La Raza, etc., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLgUVL3rdg8  while overlooking the thick Turkish accents of h1-b visa uncredentialed teachers from Turkic countries. 

 

 

http://tucson.com/news/local/education/precollegiate/foreigners-fill-ranks-of-local-charter--school-chain/article_dec199db-be3f-5519-be3d-f6ad970db1f8.html

 

 

While at the same time attacking American teachers with accents, Tom Horne turned the other way on the THICK accents of the Turkish teachers (non American) of Sonoran Science Academy / Paragon Science Academy.  WHY?  We found that Tom Horne had 1) Taken campaign contributions from Mehmet Argin (now with the California operation of Magnolia Schools) and Mehmet's wife Turkan Argin.  As well as many other Gulen related employees of the charter schools like Fatih Karatas.  http://gulenpoliticians.blogspot.com/2012/10/gulen-movement-tool-tom-horne-in-hot.html  2) Horne claimed that SSA "delivered results"  (we wonder if he was talking about the money they delivered to him)

 

Over the past 3 years of Tom Horne in Arizona's politics he has been investigated by the FBI, cheated on his wife, embroiled with Mexican Americans,etc.,

 

 

Last week The Patriot Radio Show (Lisa Benson)along with Dr. Swier and Larry Gordon of Anti-Jihad watch exposed Tom Horne.

 

First Tom Horne appeared on Lisa's Radio show.  HERE IS THE RADIO Show:

 

https://soundcloud.com/nationalsecurityspeaker/shameontomhorne-shameonsheriffjoe-arizonaintrouble

 

Then an article in Dr. Swier's newsletter by Mr. Gordon

 

http://drrichswier.com/2014/08/25/arizona-ag-horne-refuses-recognize-stealth-jihad-gulen-movement/

Yesterday, the usual restrained, moderate informative format of the Lisa Benson show ended in an uproar.  The kerfuffle was over the refusal of incumbent Arizona Attorney General Thomas Horne to recognize the stealth jihad agenda of the Gulen Movement here in the US.  Horne, a former Democrat is in the final days of a fractious Republican primary that ends Tuesday amidst accusations of alleged abuse of office encompassing campaign funding and resignation of former aides objecting to questionable practices. This has resulted in investigations by the FBI and his own department’s Solicitor General.

The New York Times  article, “Legal Woes Pose Hurdles for Attorney General Tom Horne of Arizona in Campaign” chronicled Horne’s problems in a mid- July 2014 article indicating that he had been abandoned by luminaries in the State Republican Party  over accusations of questionable practices.   His opponent in the primary battle, Mark Brnovich is making much of these accusations.  Horne’s presence came as a result of a call from his campaign office requesting time to defend his support of the Gulen science and math academies.  We had Nidra Poller back on the program to address the blood libel of the Al Dura affair. That concerned the 55 second video on France 2 TV news of the faked death of a 12 year Palestinian youth, Mohammed al Dura, on September 30, 2000 in Gaza.  That fostered a slogan used by  Osama bin Laden to justify the Al Qaeda  9/11 attack  that still appears in pro-Hamas protests across Europe and here in the US during the current Gaza war: ‘ Israel murders Palestinian children’.  Poller is the author of Al-Dura: the long range ballistic myth.

When the matter of Turkey came up in the discussion with Attorney General Horne, this writer discussed the background of how Sufi Sheikh Mohammed Fethulleh Gulen came to be a resident alien in a fortified compound in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. This followed his flight from prosecution by the then secular Turkish government in 1998. We also noted his 2008 US Department of Homeland Security immigration hearing and support from a number of leading figures in the Islamic and US political firmament.  Those endorsements came from the likes of former President Clinton and Professor John Esposito of Georgetown University Center for Muslim Christian Understanding endowed by Saudi billionaire Prince Talal. We also discussed the contretemps between Turkey’s newly elected President, former Premier Recep Erdogan and Sheikh Gulen over massive charges of corruption by the former. These two had been allies ousting the long term secular rule of Turkey’s military and political parties in the tradition of Kemal Ataturk, first President of the Turkish Republic.  Sheikh Gulen is said to control a fortune estimated at over $25 billion, including media outlets, such as Turkey’s leading news daily, Today’s Zaman.  Erdogan has been a supporter of Hamas, ISIS and al Qaeda Affiliates and engaged in gold for gas schemes with Iran stifling US and EU attempts  at sanctioning the Islamic republic ‘s nuclear development program.  He is often referred to as the rising Sultan of the new Turkish Caliphate. Not to be upstaged, Gulen has been characterized as the most dangerous Islamist in the world because of the GM’s Hizmat (service)  control  of nearly 80 percent of  enrollment in Turkey’s preparatory schools, as well as the global network of GM controlled academies.

Both Erdogan and Gulen are united in opposition to Israel, once an ally to Turkish secularists and now accused of “enslaving Palestinians in Gaza”.  Both were particularly incensed over the May 2010 assault on the Turkish vessel the Mavi Marmara during which Israeli naval commandos killed 8 Turks and one Turkish American that tried to pierce the Gaza blockade.  The Mavi Mamara is owned by a global radical Muslim charity based in Turkey, IHH that has supplied funds and weapons to both al Qaeda and ISIS in Syria.

Nidra and I drew attention to Turkey as a questionable member of NATO, whose request for entry to the EU had been rebuffed for years over charges of human rights abuses and denial of due process under the 11 year term of Erdogan and his party’s super majority in the Turkish Parliament.

But the main issue was the world wide network of 1,100 GM Schools in over 100 countries. In the US there are more than 135 GM charter schools with an enrollment exceeding 50,000 in more than 26 states; 12 of which are in Arizona. All funded by taxpayers in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually. We noted the private investigations that had been conducted in 12 states and the FBI raids on GM schools in Louisiana and Illinois over abuses of students and other allegations.   We discussed legislation passed in Tennessee and under consideration in Louisiana and Mississippi. See our June 2011 presentation, Unveiling Gulen Schools in Tennessee.  Those legislative proposals contain restrictions on the proportion of foreign workers brought in under the HB 1 visa program as administrators and faculty at charter schools specifically targeting the abuses by the GM operated science and mathematics academies.  We told how state legislators were often entreated by free trips to Turkey to sample the cuisine, culture and vibrant economy of the country.  GM US academy sponsoring groups have also made contributions to the political campaigns of state legislators in those jurisdictions that have granted charter licenses.

A caller drew attention to a report on a GM Sonoran academy in Tucson that Attorney General Horne had visited in his capacity as the former Superintendent of Public Instruction for Arizona, an elected post.  Lisa Benson cited pamphlets that she found extolling the virtues of the GM movement, Turkish nationalism and the Sheikh’s version of Islam. However, she also evidence of rejection of genocide. At that Attorney General Horne interjected saying that was concerning Armenian genocide and not the holocaust. Horne who is Jewish said that he came from a family of Shoah survivors and had relatives in Israel.   Horne is a graduate of both Harvard University and its Law School. Doubtless, he should have known that Hitler who fomented the murder of six million European Jewish men, women and children,  predicated the final solution of the Holocaust based on the West’s indifferent reactions to the plight of millions of Armenians lost in the Ottoman jihad death marches  during WWI.

 He justified his defense of the GM academies in Arizona by the academic performance of Gulen charter school students. Moreover, given the history of Jews during the holocaust, he indicated that it was unseemly to criticize another religion, in this case, Islam.  Notwithstanding, the presentation of information we provided on the GM academies in the US and the stealth jihad agenda of the GM doctrine propounded by Sheikh Gulen,  he saw nothing that would cause him to investigate their operations in Arizona.  This is notwithstanding the evidence of both state and FBI investigations in other jurisdictions.  Lisa Benson noted that he endorsed the Gulen even after she presented him with open source information that they supporter him when he was Superintendent of Public Instruction in Arizona.  Horne suggested to Benson that he wanted to focus on the charter schools run by La Raza rather than on Gulen. La Raza is an extremist Latino group were fostering rejectionist views of America replete with posters of Argentine Cuban icon, Che Guevara were the problem du jour for Horne.

Horne told Benson that, “I am not soft on Islam issues, but I don’t see anything wrong with Gulen.” Yet he would not admit that Islam could be so overt and obvious. My co-host Lisa Benson reacted angrily to Horne’s comments.  Horne came with an agenda to yesterday’s program. It was to put both he and his GM supporters in Arizona in the best possible light.  As I said in an after program dialogue with both Benson and Attorney General Horne, he came with a closed mind not to engage in meaningful dialogue. Problem is that he evinced no curiosity about the evidence presented. That was not his purpose; it was trolling for votes in a hotly contested Republican primary for the top law officer position in Arizona.

Listen to the podcast of the Lisa Benson Show of August 24, 2014 with Nidra Poller and Arizona Attorney General Thomas Horne.

Here is Tom Horne's Concession speech American politicians who are in the pockets of the Turkish Gulen Movement will be removed from office, in shame.  Tom Horne will be lucky to be in private law practice after we are done with him. Brnovich  ran a very effective campaign against him and is vowing to investigate the Gulen Turkish Schools in Arizona. 

 

http://www.azcentral.com/videos/news/politics/2014/08/27/14695349/



 

Gulen Politician warning, "You touch it you burn" another Gulen politician steps down

 

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/news-ticker/2012/may/11/sixty-minutes-to-air-report-on-turkish-charter-sch/

60 Minutes" to Air Report on Turkish Charter School Cleric Tied to Bob Filner

Just in time for the final stretch of San Diego's race for mayor, the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes is airing a report this coming Sunday about a controversial Turkish spiritual leader, followers of whom, records show, have contributed money to the mayoral campaign of Democratic congressman Bob Filner.

The Muslim scholar, Fethullah Gulen, leads a worldwide movement that has been heavily involved in creating high-tech charter schools around the world and has both backers and detractors.

As we reported in March of last year, Filner visited Turkey in late December 2010, courtesy of a nonprofit corporation called the Pacifica Institute:

"Highlights, according to the itinerary, included a stop at Topkapi Palace, lunch at Sultan Ahmet Square, a visit to the Karakoy Jewish Foundation Museum, capturing '700 years of amiable relations between Jews and Turks,' and a December 25 shopping tour of the Grand Bazaar, 'one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with more than 58 covered streets and over 1200 shops.… Many of the stalls in the bazaar are grouped by type of goods, with special areas for leather coats, gold jewelry and the like.'"

Filner took another tour paid for by Pacifica, this one with stops in Istanbul and northern Iraq, in April 2011, according to a travel disclosure he filed with the House a year ago this month.

That trip was said to be worth a total of $3,700, the filing said.

The congressman subsequently wielded a pair of scissors at the 2011 ribbon-cutting for the new Washington headquarters of the Turkic American Alliance, an event videoed and posted on the group's YouTube page.

Read more: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/news-ticker/2012/may/11/sixty-minutes-to-air-report-on-turkish-charter-sch/#ixzz2huaIsKbD

A LESSON LEARNED FOR ALL AMERICAN POLITICANS THAT ACCEPT BRIBE MONEY FROM THE TURKISH GULEN MOVEMENT AND LOBBYING.  BOB FILNER HAS HAD TO STEP DOWN AS MAYOR OF SAN DIEGO

BECAUSE OF SCANDALS AMONG THEM IS SEXUAL HARASSMENT. 

EX San Diego Mayor Bob Filner charged with Felony and false imprisonment

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/15/ex-san-diego-mayor-bob-filner-charged-with-felony-false-imprisonment-battery/

Former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner pleaded guilty on Tuesday to felony false imprisonment and two misdemeanor counts of battery involving three women, just weeks after he left office amid a storm of sexual harassment allegations.

The plea came in California state Superior Court. Prosecutors did not elaborate on the details of the allegations to which Filner pleaded guilty. The victims were identified only as Jane Does. Filner's attorney, Jerry Coughlan, said none of the victims were employees.

Filner, 71, did not address reporters but Coughlan said the former mayor "profusely apologizes" for his behavior.

"I think he wants to redeem his original legacy, which was a wonderful one, and put this behind him," Coughlan said.

YET THIS LOSS OF THE GULEN MOVEMENT’S TOOL IN SAN DIEGO DIDN’T STOP THEM FROM APPLYING FOR A NEW CHARTER SCHOOL IN San Diego county called “Magnolia Science Academy-Next Generation”

See petition to the SDUSD here

http://www.sandi.net/page/380

http://www.sandi.net/cms/lib/CA01001235/Centricity/Domain/54/Magnolia%20Science%20Academy-Next%20Generation%20Charter.pdf

 

Tactics of Gulen, bribe, trips, honors and so much more razzle dazzle

Tactics of Islam, Conquering America from Within
Fethullah Gulen's Missionaries Exposed
A great book by Dr. Aland D. Mizell
Soon to be part II

http://turkishinvitations.weebly.com/elected-officials-who-went-on-gulenist-turkey-trips.html

Last updated May 4, 2013

This list is not comprehensive and names are continually being added. While another page already lists Congressional trips; this page is for state legislators, governors, mayors and other state and local officials.

"To date, more than 6000 Americans have traveled to Turkey at the invitation of Hizmet institutes and have returned to support the activities of the Turkish immigrant circles." - Sophia Pandya & Nancy Gallagher in their 2012 book The Gulen Hizmet Movement and Its Transnational Activities

The standard Gulenist Turkey trip is 9-10 days long.

Alabama

Date: 2011; Sponsor: Turquoise Council of Americans and Eurasians (also involved:
Turkish American Chamber of Commerce of the Southeast U.S., Peace Valley Foundation, Istanbul Center); Source: June 3, 2012

• Sen. Cam Ward, R-Alabaster
• Sen. Gerald Dial, R-Lineville
• Sen. Clay Scofield, R-Arab
• Sen. Jabo Waggoner, R-Vestavia Hills
• Secretary of the Senate Pat Harris

Arizona

• Jannah Scott, advisor to Governor Janet Napolitano (Date: 2008; Source: Sep 22, 2008)
• State Representative David Lujan (Date: 2008; Source: Sep 22, 2008)
• State Representative Theresa Ulmer (Date: 2008; Source: Sep 22, 2008)
• State Senator Linda Grey (Date: 2008; Source: Sep 22, 2008)

Arkansas

• State Representative Karen Hopper R-District 81 (Date: July 2010; Sponsor: Raindrop Turkish House; Source: click here)

California

• State Senator Bob Huff R-District 29 (Date: 2011; Source: Nov 24, 2011)
• Congressman Bob Filner (Sponsor: Pacifica Institute; Dates: Dec 2010, Apr 2011; Source: May 11, 2012)
• Newport Beach Mayor Keith Curry (Sponsor: Pacifica Institute; Date: 2009; Source: Apr 3, 2010)
• Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy D. Baca (Sponsor: Pacifica Institute)

Colorado

• State Legislator Cherylin Peniston (Sponsor: Multicultural Mosaic Foundation; Source: Apr 19, 2009)

Delaware

• 4 State Representatives, 1 State Senator; names unknown. Date: Aug 2012? Sponsors: ATFA DE (American Turkish Friendship Association Delaware); MAFTAA (Mid Atlantic Federation of Turkic American Associations). Source: MAFTAA website, post dated Aug 28, 2012.

Florida

• Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford (Sponsor: Amity Turkish Cultural Center; Source: May 11, 2010)
• State Representative Jennifer Carroll (Sponsor: Amity Turkish Cultural Center; Source: May 11, 2010)
• State Representative Gwyndolen Clarke-Reed (Sponsor: Turquoise Council of Americans and Eurasians; May 2012, source)

Georgia

• State Senator Jeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga (Source: Jan 3, 2012)

Date: May 13-21, 2012
Sponsor: Istanbul Center (Dr. Mustafa Sahin, guide)
Source: Istanbul Center website

• Senators Donzella James
• Senator Gloria Butler
• Senator Valencia Seay
• Senator Horacena Tate
• Senator Miriam Paris
• Senator Nan Orrock
• Representative Michele Henson

Idaho

Date: September 2011
Sponsor: Pacifica Institute
Source: Idaho Statesman

• Senate President Pro Tem Brent Hill R-District 27
• Sen. John McGee R-District 10
• Sen. Diane Bilyeu D-District 29
• Sen. Lee Heider R-District 24
• Rep. Janice McGeachin
• Sen. Curt McKenzie
• Rep. Donna Pence
• Sen. Joe Stegner
• Sen. Michelle Stennett
• Sen. John Tippetts

Date: Spring 2011
Sponsor: Pacifica Institute
Source: Idaho Statesman

• Rep. Dennis Lake
• Sen. Edgar Malepeai
• Rep. John Rusche

Illinois

• Several lawmakers including State Senator Bill Brady (Date: 2008; Source Jun 16, 2009)
• State Senator James Meeks (Source: Mar 21, 2012 blog entry)
• State House Rep. Jack Franks (Source: Mar 21, 2012 blog entry)
• State Senator Pamela Althoff (R) (source)
• State Rep. Michael Madigan (D) (source)

Kentucky

• 1 State Senator; name unknown. Date: Aug 2012? Sponsors: ATFA DE (American Turkish Friendship Association Delaware); MAFTAA (Mid Atlantic Federation of Turkic American Associations). Source: MAFTAA website, post dated Aug 28, 2012.

Louisiana

• Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden (Sponsor: Atlas Foundation; Source: Apr 4, 2010)

Maine
Date: summer 2012 Sponsor: Council of Turkic American Associations (CTAA) Estimated trip value: $3300/person Source: Kennebec Journal, Feb 17, 2013

• State Senator Joseph Brannigan, D-Portland and spouse
• State Representative Dennis Keschl, R-Belgrade and spouse
• State Representative Jane Knapp, R-Gorham

Maryland

Date: Spring 2011
Sponsors: Maryland Turkish American Inhabitants (MARTI), Mid-Atlantic Federation of Turkic American Associations (MAFTAA)
Source: Baltimore Sun

• Delegate Gail Bates
• Maryland Secretary of State John P. McDonough
• Five Maryland legislators (names unknown)
• Senator James M. Robey

Minnesota

• State Senator Sandy Pappas (Summer 2010; Sponsor: Niagara Foundation; Source: Twin Cities Daily Planet)
• State Representative Jerry Newton (Sponsor: Niagara Foundation)

Missouri

• State Senator Harry Kennedy (Year: 2008; Sponsors: Turkish American Society of Missouri and BAKIAD; Sources: Missouri senate website; Kennedy's 2008 Capitol Report)

June 5 -16, 2008. Sponsors: Institute of Interfaith Dialog, Raindrop Turkish House, Source: Raindrop Turkish House website. Some attendees:

• Senator Jolie Justus
• Prosecutor Beth Murano, Kansas City
• Kansas City Council Women Melba Curls
• Jackson County Legislator Theresa Garza Ruiz

Nebraska

• State Senator Amanda McGill (read her testimonial in the Gulenist propaganda newspaper Today's Zaman, July 31, 2011)

New Hampshire

• State Representative Lenette Peterson (R) (source)
  
• State Representative Wyman E Shuler III (source1, source2) and spouse. May 22-June 1, 2012; Trip value: $9020.00; Sponsor: Council of Turkic American Associations (CTAA)

New Jersey

• State Senator Loretta Weinberg (source: Aug 1, 2011)
• Mayor of Borough of Closter Sophie Heymann (source)

New Mexico

Sponsor: Turquoise Council of Americans And Eurasians
Source: The Santa Fe New Mexican, June 1, 2011

Date: Fall 2010

• State Senator Jerry Ortiz y Pino
• Senate President pro-tem Tim Jennings, D-Roswell,
• State Senator George Muñoz, D-Gallup
• others (names unknown)

Date: 2011 (first half of year)

• State Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino, D-Albuquerque
• Rep. Debbie Rodella, D-Española
• other state legislators (names unknown)

Date: June 2011

• State Senator Dede Feldman, D-Albuquerque
• State Senator Cisco McSorley, D-Albuquerque

Date: unknown

• State Senator Eric Griego, D-Albuquerque

New York

• Honorable Assemblyman Kevin Cahill D-District 101("observations from his trips to Turkey;" Source: CTAA website)
• Other state legislators; names unknown. ("NY State Legislators made final presentations on their experiences from their recent trips to Turkey;" Source: CTAA website)
• Assembly Majority Leader Ron Canestrari (source: June 19, 2012) Date: prior to 2012. Sponsor: Turkish Cultural Center Albany

North Carolina

Date: Oct 2011 Sponsor: Divan Center (source1, source2)

• House Speaker Thom Tillis (R) Oct 2011
• Rules Committee Chairman, Rep. Tim Moore (R-Cleveland)
• Rep. Chuck McGrady (R)
• Rep. Mitch Gillespie (R-Marion)
• 4 other NC House representatives, Republicans (names as yet unknown)

Oklahoma

• Chad Smith, Principal Chief of Cherokee Nation (Sponsor: Institute of Interfaith Dialog; Source: here)
• State Senator Sean Burrage D-District 2 (Sponsor: Institute of Interfaith Dialog; Source: here)
• Senator Gary Stanislawski R-District 35 (source)

Sponsor: Institute of Interfaith Dialog. Date: Dec 2008/Jan 2009. (source)

• Secretary of State Susan Savage
• Attorney General Drew Edmondson
• Director, Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control Darrell Weaver
• Deputy Director, Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation Tom Jordan

Pennsylvania

• State Senator Mike Brubaker (Sponsors: Turkish Cultural Center of Pennsylvania and Red Rose Intercultural and Educational Foundation; Guide Sait Onal; Source here)

South Carolina

Date: October 2011
Sponsor: South Carolina Dialogue Foundation and "unidentified sponsors in Turkey
Trip value: $7,047 per person
Source: Rick Brundrett, TheNerve.org, viewed here.

• State Senator Creighton Coleman, D-Fairfield
• State Senator Mike Fair, R-Greenville
• State Senator Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg
• State Senator John Land, D-Clarendon
• State Senator Phil Leventis, D-Sumter
• State Senator John Matthews, D-Orangeburg
• State Senator Mike Rose, R-Dorchester
• State Senator Vince Sheheen, D-Kershaw

Tennessee
Source: NewsChannel5, Nashville, Apr 29, 2013
Date: 2012

• Rep. Harry Brooks (R) House Education Committee Chairman
• Rep. Joe Armstrong D-Knoxville
• Sen. Reginald Tate, D-Memphis
• Rep. Josh Evans, R-Greenbrier
• Rep. Gary Odom, D-Nashville

Accepted invitation to go on May 2013 trip:
Trip value: $4000 per person
Sponsor: Turquoise Council of Americans and Eurasians (providing funds) +
Turkish American Chamber of Commerce of the Southeast (sending invitations)
Rep. Harry Brooks is "helping to coordinate" this trip

• Rep. Mark White, R-Memphis
• Sen. Stacey Campfield, R-Knoxville
• Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown
• Rep. Vance Dennis, R-Savannah
• Rep. Roger Kane, R-Knoxville
• Rep. Antonio Parkinson, D-Memphis
• Rep. Joe Towns, D-Memphis
• Rep. Johnnie Turner, D-Memphis
• Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver, R-Lancaster
• Tennessee Safety Commissioner Bill Gibbons
• Tennessee Assistant Safety Commissioner David Purkey

Texas

• State Senator Rodney Ellis D-District 13 (source)
• State Representative Alma Allen D-District 131 (source)
• State Senator Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay (Sponsor: Turquoise Council; source)
• Austin Mayor Will Wynn (source)
• State Senator Leticia van de Putte
• State Rep. Mark Strama, D-Austin, and his wife (source)
• Meria Carstarphen, Superintendent of the Austin Independent School District, with 10 staff members (note: she is actually appointed by elected officials, not elected herself) (source 1; source 2)

Virginia

Date: May 2012
Sponsor: American Turkish Friendship Association
Source: May 5, 2012, Virginia Public Access Project

• Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon S. Bulova (D)
• Senator Richard L Saslaw (D-Fairfax) (Value: $3700)
• Senator Barbara Ann Favola (D-Arlington) (Value: $3700)
• Delegate Robert H. Brink (D-Arlington) (Value: $1850)

Date: 2012
Sponsor: American Turkish Friendship Association
Source: Virginia Public Access Project

• State Senator Henry L Marsh, III (D) $4,875
• State Senator Frank W Wagner (R) $3,700
• Delegate Riley E Ingram (R) $1,850
• Delegate James P Massie, III (R) $1,850
• Delegate Joseph D Morrissey (D) $1,800

Date: unknown
Sponsor: American Turkish Friendship Association
Source: Feb 23, 2012

• City of Fairfax Police Department Chief Rick Rappoport

Date: 2011
Sponsor: American Turkish Friendship Association

• Delegate David L Bulova (D) + spouse Value: $3,000
• Delegate David Lawrence Englin (D) Value: $2,500
• State Senator David W Marsden (D) Value: $1,650

Date: 2010
Sponsor: American Turkish Friendship Association ("The organization spent more than $36,000 to take state officials on trips during the year, making it the largest donor of 2010." - Sun Gazette, Feb 7, 2011)
Trip value: $5000 (per person)
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch; Sun Gazette

• Sen. Janet D. Howell (D) with spouse
• Del. Kenneth R. Plum (D)
• Del. James M. Scott (D)
• Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple (D-31st) with spouse Tom
• State Sen. Patsy Ticer (D-30th)
• Del. Adam Ebbin (D-49th) (declared value $2,500)
• Delegate Betsy Brooks Carr (D) (declared value $2,500)
• Delegate Mark D Sickles (D) (declared value $2,500)
• State Senator Patricia S Ticer (D) (declared value $2,500)
• State Senator John C Watkins (R) (declared value $2,500)
• Delegate Vivian E Watts (D) (declared value $2,500)
• State Senator J Chapman Petersen (D) (declared value $1,650)

West Virginia

• Delegate John Ellem, R-Wood (source) June 2012; Sponsor: Mid-Atlantic Federation of Turkic American Associations (MAFTAA)