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| Salim Ucan (second from left),Vice-president of Concept Schools speaks to at the Illinois Network of Charter School's conference in Chicago. | Michael R. Schmidt-For Sun-Times Media |
Ace Sun-Times investigative reporter
Dan Mihalopoulos turns over the rock on Concept Charter Schools and shows exactly how the grand charter school hustle plays out here in Chicago. Under the rock we find everyone from
Boss Madigan and son
Adrew, his aide and travelling companion
Liz Brown-Reeves,
Ald. Joe Moore to retired Caterpillar Inc. Chairman
Glen Barton, and a host of other politicians and corporate guys, all receiving free trips (Moore went twice) to Turkey and other goodies from the shady Turkish billionaire
Fethullah Gulen, in exchange for authorizing more of his Chicago charter schools.
He’s a politically powerful Muslim cleric from Turkey who moved to this country in 1999 shortly before being implicated in a plot to overthrow Turkey’s secular
