This meeting took place at the sidelines of the UN Summit of the Future in New York, in the [Turkish House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_House) skyscraper, which also happens to be at the centre of the Mayor Adams scandal.
>“In Sept. 2021, a Turkish official told Eric Adams, the defendant, that it was his turn to repay the Turkish official by pressuring the New York City Fire Department to facilitate the opening of a new Turkish consular building — a 36-story skyscraper — without a fire inspection, in time for a high profile visit by Turkey’s president,” the indictment read.
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>“At the time, the building would have failed an FDNY inspection. In exchange for free travel and travel-related bribes in 2021 and 2022 arranged by the Turkish official, Adams did as instructed.
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>“Because of Adams’ pressure on the FDNY, the FDNY official
responsible for the FDNY’s assessment of the skyscraper’s fire safety was told he would lose his job if he failed to acquiesce, and after Adams intervened, the skyscraper was opened as requested.”
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This is from the meeting from a few days ago.
Context: Erdogan gave Pashinyan a copy of his book, [A Fairer World Is Possible](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fairer_World_Is_Possible). Pashinyan gave Erdogan a brochure of the Crossroads of Peace. [This is the brochure.](https://www.primeminister.am/u_files/file/documents/The%20Crossroad%20of%20Peace-Brochure.pdf)
This meeting took place at the sidelines of the UN Summit of the Future in New York, in the [Turkish House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_House) skyscraper, which also happens to be at the centre of the Mayor Adams scandal.
>“In Sept. 2021, a Turkish official told Eric Adams, the defendant, that it was his turn to repay the Turkish official by pressuring the New York City Fire Department to facilitate the opening of a new Turkish consular building — a 36-story skyscraper — without a fire inspection, in time for a high profile visit by Turkey’s president,” the indictment read.
>
>“At the time, the building would have failed an FDNY inspection. In exchange for free travel and travel-related bribes in 2021 and 2022 arranged by the Turkish official, Adams did as instructed.
>
>“Because of Adams’ pressure on the FDNY, the FDNY official
responsible for the FDNY’s assessment of the skyscraper’s fire safety was told he would lose his job if he failed to acquiesce, and after Adams intervened, the skyscraper was opened as requested.”
https://nypost.com/2024/09/26/us-news/inside-the-turkish-tower-in-mayor-eric-adams-indictment/