Daily of Uzans Also Disintegrate

The decline of the Uzan family, which started with Motorola and Nokia cases abroad and CEAS and Kepez in Turkey, and continued with the confiscation of the Imar Bank, is also reflected in their daily, Star. Cem Uzan, Chairman of Young Party (GP) delivered a speech for the employees of Star daily on Tuesday. Uzan said that his own newspaper left him alone in the case of the Imar Bank. Uzan said, “Those, who do not believe in us should take their jacket and leave.” After his speech the General Director Fatih Cekirge, and four directors of different departments and some other reporters and columnists resigned from the daily.The crime of black money was also added to the operation directed towards the Uzan family, upon the appeal of the Financial Offenses Investigation Board (MASAK). Another 179 companies, including Telsim, Star TV, Star Daily, and Tele On, belonging to the group were also confiscated. The number of group companies on which precautionary measures were imposed rose to 259.�