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AKP Deputy Leader Steps Down Following Bribery Accusations
Şaban Dişli, deputy leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) yesterday resigned after being accused of accepting $1 million in bribes.
In a statement, he wrote, "I have resigned from my party positions in order to both legally fight better against the accusations and to stop the opposition's efforts to discredit my party."
Dişli was a member of the Central Decision-Making and Executive Board (MKYK), and of the Central Executive Board(MYK), and a senior aide to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
A document revealing that Dişli used his political influence to change a zone status in the Silivri province of Istanbul in exchange for $1 million was presented to the public by the main opposition Republican People's Party(CHP) last month.
Source: Turkish Daily News, Turkey, September 3, 2008
Posted at: 2008-09-04
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