Turkish owner of sanctioned Russian airline continues to operate under Erdogan’s wings - Nordic Monitor

Turkish owner of sanctioned Russian airline continues to operate under Erdogan’s wings - Nordic Monitor

Abdullah Bozkurt/ Stockholm Neşet Koçkar, a Turkish businessman with close ties to the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, continues to operate a sprawling empire encompassing tourism, energy, aviation, consulting, food, IT and yachting despite US and EU sanctions targeting his Russia-based airline. Koçkar’s airline, Azur Air (formerly Katekavia), was sanctioned by the US Department of Commerce’s Office of Export Enforcement (OEE) on A…