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Turkey takes control of nearly 1,000 companies since failed coup

ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities have seized or appointed an administrator to 965 companies with total annual sales of some 21.9 billion lira ($6 billion) in the year since an attempted coup in July 2016, Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli said on Friday.

 

Under the emergency rule imposed after the coup, Turkish authorities took control of companies suspected of having links to followers of Fethullah Gulen, the US-based Muslim cleric blamed by Ankara for the failed military takeover.

 

The 965 companies under state management control, based in 43 provinces across Turkey, have assets totalling some 41 billion lira ($11.3 billion) and employ 46,357 people, Canikli said in a written statement.

 

Turkey took control of a bank, industrial companies and media firms as part of the crackdown on companies accused of links to Gulen. He has denied involvement in the putsch.

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 07.07.17, 14:44