Former RTÜK head among six released in charity fraud case
Former RTÜK head Zahit AkmanFormer Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) head Zahit Akman and five other suspects arrested in July on suspected links with a fraud case concerning German-based Turkish charity Deniz Feneri were released pending trial on Friday. A court hearing the appeal filed by the suspects’ lawyers against the arrest of their clients on Friday approved the appeals and released the suspects, which include Kanal 7 Deputy General Manager İsmail Karahan, News Editor Mustafa Çelik, CFO Erdoğan Kara and Kanal 7 CEO Zekeriya Karaman.
The Deniz Feneri administration is accused of funneling money collected for charity from pious workers in Germany into various companies and businesses in Turkey. In September 2008 a German court convicted three Turkish men of funneling $26 million in charitable contributions raised by Deniz Feneri to companies run by conservative individuals in Turkey.
The Deniz Feneri administration is accused of funneling money collected for charity from pious workers in Germany into various companies and businesses in Turkey. In September 2008 a German court convicted three Turkish men of funneling $26 million in charitable contributions raised by Deniz Feneri to companies run by conservative individuals in Turkey.
21 October 2011
TODAYSZAMAN.COM
