Top judge refutes barter allegations
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Hurriyet Daily News
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Ocak 08, 2009 00:00
ANKARA - President of the Constitutional Court Haşim Kılıç denied the alleged connection between the court’s decision in the closure case against the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, and his son-in-law’s land exchange with Ankara AKP Mayor Melih Gökçek.
"You know that I cannot provide information about a subject that I do not know anything about. I do not have the task of following and controlling the commercial activities of anybody, including my son-in-law," Kılıç said in his written statement, adding that the relevant people would provide an account to public authorities if anyone were at fault.
"The public is aware that I have followed a coherent line in closure cases against political parties during my 18-year term. I call on those who are trying to cast a shadow on my conscientious decision, to become honorable, honest and reliable. Our people who are fair know the purpose for which these attacks are carried out," Kılıç said.
Kılıç’s son-in-law Mustafa Çubuk and his friend Bülent Sungur exchanged a building they bought in Ankara’s Çankaya district in 2007, with 6,000 square meters of land in the Dikmen Valley in 2008, CNN Turk and Kanal D channels reported Tuesday night.
According to reports, Çubuk and Sungur received 70 percent of the shares in the land in Dikmen Valley by exchanging the building with the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality. The municipality’s zone plan shows the land in Dikmen Valley, which holds a housing construction license, as a regional trade center. The price of Çubuk and Sungur’s building was 2 million Turkish lira in 2007, the present value of the land is at least 6 million lira, but it was estimated at 10 million before the crisis, experts said. Reports said the deal was done 20 days before the court’s decision against the closure.
"The public is aware that I have followed a coherent line in closure cases against political parties during my 18-year term. I call on those who are trying to cast a shadow on my conscientious decision, to become honorable, honest and reliable. Our people who are fair know the purpose for which these attacks are carried out," Kılıç said.
Kılıç’s son-in-law Mustafa Çubuk and his friend Bülent Sungur exchanged a building they bought in Ankara’s Çankaya district in 2007, with 6,000 square meters of land in the Dikmen Valley in 2008, CNN Turk and Kanal D channels reported Tuesday night.
According to reports, Çubuk and Sungur received 70 percent of the shares in the land in Dikmen Valley by exchanging the building with the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality. The municipality’s zone plan shows the land in Dikmen Valley, which holds a housing construction license, as a regional trade center. The price of Çubuk and Sungur’s building was 2 million Turkish lira in 2007, the present value of the land is at least 6 million lira, but it was estimated at 10 million before the crisis, experts said. Reports said the deal was done 20 days before the court’s decision against the closure.