Illegal drug trade in Turkey Illegal drug trade in Turkey The illegal drug trade in Turkey has played a significant role in its history. Turkish authorities claim that Drug trafficking has provided substantial revenue for illegal groups such as the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), particularly through marijuana cultivation in south-eastern Turkey, and the 1996 Susurluk scandal showed substantial involvement in drug trafficking on the part of the Turkish deep state. The French Connection heroin trade in the 1960s and 70s was based on poppies grown in Turkey (poppies are a traditional crop in Turkey, with poppy seed used for food and animal fodder as well
Theodore Bayer found Theodore Bayer to be a high level and important member of the CPUSA. Theodore Bayer cover name as assigend by the GRU and deciphered in Venona project transcripts is SIMON. Bayer is referenced in the following Venona project decryptions: Theodore Bayer Theodore Bayer was president of the "Russky Golos", or "Russian Voice" Publishing Company, which published an anti-capitalist Russian-language newspaper during the Great Depression and World War II. "Russky Golos" was funded by the Comintern and by advertising, commercial newsstand and subscription sales. Its editorial position was closely aligned with the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA). Bayer