Erdogan has appointed his son-in-law as the Minister of Finance....

Erdogan has appointed his son-in-law as the Minister of Finance. With absolute control of everything now in the hands of the Autocrat and his family there perhaps could be kickbacks required.

Some recent history..

http://ufilter.blogspot.com/2017/11/major-corruption-ties-to-erdogans-son.html

https://www.thepressproject.gr/arti...ocuments-relations-erdogan-ISIS-oil-smuggling

Try a quick Google search of "Berat Albayrak corruption" to see how desperate Richard must be to have to deal with a company in a country where corruption extends to the highest levels of Government.