Eyüp Aşık

Eyüp Aşık (born 1953, Çaykara[1]) is a former Turkish politician. He represented Trabzon in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Motherland Party (ANAP) from 1983 to 2001.[2] In the mid-1990s he was a minister of state responsible for Tekel.[3]

Career

Aşık was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 1983 for the Motherland Party (ANAP) party, and was re-elected repeatedly.[4] In the mid-1990s he was a minister of state responsible for Tekel,[3] and a member of a 1993 - 1995 parliamentary commission to research killings by unknown perpetrators (faili meçhul cinayetleri araştırma komisyonu).[5] He resigned his seat as deputy and his position as minister of state on 16 November 1998, after allegations (which Aşık denied) of a relationship with mob boss Alaattin Çakıcı.[6] In February 1999 he was acquitted on charges of aiding the mafia.[7][8]

Aşık was re-elected to parliament in the 1999 elections.[9] He defected from ANAP to the DYP in 2001,[10] but failed to win a seat in the 2002 elections.[6] He was a Democratic Party candidate in the 2007 elections.[11]

References

  1. ↑ kimkimdir.gen.tr, Eyüp Aşık (1953 - .... )
  2. ↑ Today's Zaman, 12 September 2010, Former politicians find there’s life after politics
  3. 1 2 Hurriyet Daily News, 4 November 1997, Asik: 1998's privatization will reach $10 billion
  4. ↑ Hurriyet, 3 September 2002, DYP'li vekillere önseçim darbesi
  5. ↑ Radikal, 24 October 2008, Faili meçhul komisyonu üyeleri 1000 cinayeti 15 yıl önce görmüştü...
  6. 1 2 Hurriyet Daily News, 18 December 2002, Trial process for Asik and Bucak kicks off
  7. ↑ Hurriyet Daily News, 4 February 1999, Court acquits Eyup Asik in mafia trial
  8. ↑ Hurriyet Daily News, 5 February 1999, Asik defends himself
  9. ↑ Hurriyet Daily News, 10 July 1999, Court suspends the Asik trial due to deputy's legislative immunity
  10. ↑ Hurriyet Daily News, 4 October 2001, Eyup Asik joins DYP
  11. ↑ Hurriyet Daily News, 9 July 2007, Fish, nuts and jobs; elections in Trabzon


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