MASAK President Appointed and Gone

in public The methods of ‘assignment’, ‘dismissal’ and ‘resignation’ were added to the methods of ‘apologize’ and ‘dismissal by appointment’ during the AKP period. Hayrettin Kurt, Chairman of the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK), was appointed second Chairman of the Public Oversight, Accounting and Auditing Standards Board (KGK) and fired. No decree has been published regarding the dismissal of Kurt, who has been holding this position for two and a half years, from his position as MASAK president. The same method was used when appointing İbrahim Hakkı Polat, who was also the president of MASAK, to the KGK in 2016, and Polat was removed from his position at MASAK. MASAK’s new president is expected to be appointed early in the week. Established to investigate financial crimes, fight against money and terrorist financing, MASAK changed its president 7 times during the AKP period.

WAITING FOR THE 7TH PRESIDENT

First of all, Nejat Coşkun, who remained in the Ecevit government, was fired on December 1, 2002 and wanted to replace Genç Osman Yaraşlı. However, this first appointment operation turned his back on then President Ahmet Necdet Sezer. As a formula, Coşkun was sent to The Hague as a financial adviser in May 2003, and Yaraşlı was appointed MASAK’s president by proxy. Later, Adnan Ertürk, Mürsel Ali Kaplan, İbrahim Hakkı Polat, Osman Dereli and lastly Hayrettin Kurt served in MASAK. The new president is said to be appointed early this week.