Turkey's opposition calls on PM to clarify fraud claims
Güncelleme Tarihi:
Turkey' main opposition leader called on the Turkish prime minister on Monday to respond to claims linking him to the Deniz Feneri fraud case and added that his recent remarks on the country's largest media group mean blackmail.
Deniz Baykal, the leader of Republican People's Party (CHP), asked Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to make clear whether he received any funds as claimed in the indictment in
"If money was received, was it received by him personally or transferred to the prime ministry. If the money was received, where was it used?" Baykal added.
A legal case was filed against the charity on charges of making illegal financial transactions to conservative media organs in
Baykal also slammed the prime minister over remarks he made at the weekend and for blackmailing
Erdogan criticized the Dogan Group's publications, claiming their interest in the case emanated from the government's rejection of Dogan's demands to issue favors in regard to the group's other business interests.
Dogan said the source of the stories it published was the indictment prepared by the German prosecutors, and slammed the prime minister for threatening the media.
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