ISTANBUL: A charity at which Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son sits on the board, received more than $100m of aid over a four-year period, the government said yesterday amid graft claims roiling the government.
In a written answer to a parliamentary question, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said that Turgev received $99m of financial aid from abroad between 2008 and 2012.
Domestic donations to Turgev — which builds and runs student residences — totalled $14m, Arinc added, without disclosing the sources of the funds.
The revelation comes after dozens of Erdogan’s key business and political allies were rounded up in December over allegations of bribery.
Prosecutors in charge of the probe, who have since been sacked, suspected Erdogan’s son Bilal of using the charity as a conduit for graft and bribery.
AFP
