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TURKISH GOVERNMENT CANNOT HIDE CORRUPTION FILE FOREVER
Governance, Risk & Compliance Monitor Worldwide
December 15, 2014 Monday
The Turkish government will at some point address the public on
the issue of corruption and this should be both convincing and
transparent, according to Etyen Mahcupyan, a chief adviser to Prime
Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu.
"No parties or governments can escape from this forever. This is not
a file that can be hidden forever," Mahcupyan said in an interview
with daily Hurriyet.
"Avoiding such an explanation would have higher costs to the AKP
[the ruling Justice and Development Party]," he added.
"I do not think these [corruption claims] can reach [President Recep]
Tayyip Erdo?an, but still some people are concerned that this might
turn into an argument that could be used in the election campaigns,"
Mahcupyan said, referring to the general elections scheduled for June
2015. Erdo?an, now president, will not run in the elections for the
Prime Ministry, but he has repeatedly said he would have close links
with the executive power.
The corruption claims cover a graft operation that began in
December 2013, covering four Cabinet ministers, their sons and other
bureaucrats. The legal charges against the former ministers have been
dropped, but a parliamentary inquiry is ongoing.
If the government does not press harder on the corruption claims,
it will face problems in the international arena, Mahcupyan also told
Hurriyet, adding that a "realistic view would expect strong government
moves on corruption after the elections."
The prime minister's adviser, appointed to his role at the end of
October, ruled out claims that people people have a right to feel
aggrieved under the AKP.
"I think just the opposite. I have become freer under AKP rule, both
as an Armenian and as an intellectual," Mahcupyan said. 2014 Global
Data Point.
Governance, Risk & Compliance Monitor Worldwide
December 15, 2014 Monday
The Turkish government will at some point address the public on
the issue of corruption and this should be both convincing and
transparent, according to Etyen Mahcupyan, a chief adviser to Prime
Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu.
"No parties or governments can escape from this forever. This is not
a file that can be hidden forever," Mahcupyan said in an interview
with daily Hurriyet.
"Avoiding such an explanation would have higher costs to the AKP
[the ruling Justice and Development Party]," he added.
"I do not think these [corruption claims] can reach [President Recep]
Tayyip Erdo?an, but still some people are concerned that this might
turn into an argument that could be used in the election campaigns,"
Mahcupyan said, referring to the general elections scheduled for June
2015. Erdo?an, now president, will not run in the elections for the
Prime Ministry, but he has repeatedly said he would have close links
with the executive power.
The corruption claims cover a graft operation that began in
December 2013, covering four Cabinet ministers, their sons and other
bureaucrats. The legal charges against the former ministers have been
dropped, but a parliamentary inquiry is ongoing.
If the government does not press harder on the corruption claims,
it will face problems in the international arena, Mahcupyan also told
Hurriyet, adding that a "realistic view would expect strong government
moves on corruption after the elections."
The prime minister's adviser, appointed to his role at the end of
October, ruled out claims that people people have a right to feel
aggrieved under the AKP.
"I think just the opposite. I have become freer under AKP rule, both
as an Armenian and as an intellectual," Mahcupyan said. 2014 Global
Data Point.