Kennedy has no proof of that at all. Show me the proof, Teddy. Kennedy also gave some supporting info for his statment in a later interview. . Turkey to get $8.5 billion loan if it sends some troops. Everyone knows this was happening. As a matter of fact it was widely discussed pre-war when Turkey turned the deal or the "bribe" down Though, we don't know where the money is going, the original Kennedy claim was that it was going to "bribe" contries into supporting us in the war. If you remember the humiliation when Turkey turned down the "bribe" there was much discussion of how we were buying support for the war. So in a way, except for the tone, there was nothing that new about Kennedy's charges-- only the fact that the amount given to each country has not been disclosed.