Turkey’s Sadullah Ergin urges court to drop charges against Abdullah Gul

Turkey’s  Sadullah Ergin urges court to drop charges against Gul

09/09/2009

ANKARA, Turkey — Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin insisted on Tuesday (September 8th) that the Court of Appeals should reverse a decision to launch an investigation against President Abdullah Gul. The corruption charges against Gul were pressed by a court in Sincan, near Ankara, which insisted in May that Gul, though having presidential immunity, should face trial over a case back in the 1990s, when millions of US dollars went missing from his Justice and Development Party’s funds. Ergin told reporters in Ankara that his office has sent a request to terminate the trial. Gul has denied all corruption allegations.

Turkish State Minister Zafer Caglayan said that the officials who would take place in the working group would meet in October.

Turkey, India agree on forming working group for free trade deal
Turkish State Minister Caglayan said that the officials who would take place in the working group would meet in October.
Tuesday, 08 September 2009 12:13
Turkish State Minister Zafer Caglayan received Indian Commerce & Industry Minister Anand Sharma in Ankara on Tuesday.

Sharma is in Ankara to attend a meeting of Turkey-India Economic & Technical Cooperation Joint Committee.

Following his meeting with Sharma, Caglayan told reporters that they reached an understanding with the Indian minister on a working group on a free trade agreement which was planned to be signed between Turkey and India.

He noted that the officials who would take place in the working group would meet in October.

Caglayan said that the trade volume between Turkey and India had been 3 billion USD in 2008.

Infrastructure and super structure construction projects –worth of 500 billion USD– would be implemented in India in the next ten years, Caglayan said that it was important that Turkish contractor companies would undertake those projects.

Caglayan also said that the two countries could cooperate in medicine, chemicals, communication, information technologies and textile sectors.