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Can you explain this one:

"- PM calling son to ask how much money there is at home, son replies saying about 1 trillion, then switches to 3-5 kurush (cents in turkish)."



Actually it's the Interior minister, the original OP probably made a mistake.

The phone conversation goes like this:

+son, tell me what do you have at home? is there anything...

-no dad, what can I have?

+how much money do you have at home?

-only left overs from my own money, just few cents((3-5 kurush is an idiom to describe small, almost neglectable amounts of money)), you know about it...

+how much?

-about 1,000,000 Turkish liras(he says 1 trillion, in old currency - Turkey dropped 6 zeros from it's currency but people often use the old numbers) dad...

1,000,000 is about 450,000 USD

you can listen to the recording here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJwlEpShpTM

here are some photos from the raid, leaked to the press : http://i.imgur.com/mqBxsRB.jpg


Thanks, makes a lot more sense now (especially the part about dropping 6 zeros)


The son refers to a trillion as "just a few cents". Which indicates they probably have a much higher amount of money kept secret.




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