Political news

• Erdogan goes to Ukraine
• Water fraud in the village of  Buzovna (3)
• The prosecutor's office is investigating the scam of trade unionists in connection with the "sale" of the stadium "Mahsul"
• An Armenian became the head of one of the districts of the Turkish city of Denizli
• The number of infected people increase considerably

Erdogan goes to Ukraine

Baku/17.08.22/Turan: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a one-day working visit to Lviv on August 18 at the invitation of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

According to Erdogan's press service, at a meeting with Zelensky, he will discuss aspects of the Turkish-Ukrainian strategic partnership.

During the visit, it is also planned to hold a trilateral meeting with the participation of Erdogan, Zelensky and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The parties will discuss steps to end the war in Ukraine and support a mechanism for exporting Ukrainian grain to world markets. -02D-

Water fraud in the village of  Buzovna (3)

Baku/17.08.22/Turan: The case of water fraud in the village of Buzovna has actually stalled and is not moving forward a single step. Turan received a new appeal from citizens who were deceived by a fraudster with the connivance of the water company "Azersu" OJSC and the police.

We have received an  information that the fraudster received 5,400 manats from five people, promising to connect them to the water supply system. And it was done. Water even went to the houses, but soon the illegal connection was liquidated as a result of the protest of the neighboring subscribers of "Azersu". Moreover, There were four attempts to illegally connect with the connivance of Azersu and the police.

At the same time, the police denied the fact that the deceived citizens and "Azersu" appealed to  it. Both the police and "Azersu" concealed the name of the intermediary.

Complainants presented us with a photo of a credit card, to which money was transferred for connection to the water. This is a card of Kapital Bank in the name of Razu Jafarov.

It became known that the on June 26, the 2nd police department of the Khazar district  received the complaint of at least three people, but nothing has been done. --0--

The prosecutor's office is investigating the scam of trade unionists in connection with the "sale" of the stadium "Mahsul"

Baku/17.08.22/Turan: A criminal case has been launched against the chairman of the Azerbaijan Trade Union of Sports Organizations, Nadir Aliyev, and the head of the Yasamal sports and health club, Namig Hasanov, who are accused of fraud.

The Office for Combating Corruption under the Prosecutor General received information that Aliyev and Hasanov took money from a number of entrepreneurs, promising them to sell the territory of the "Mahsul" stadium in the Yasamal district of the capital, the message of the Prosecutor General's Office.

The investigation established that Aliyev and Hasanov promised to sell the indicated territory of 1.26 hectares for the construction of a multi-storey building for 5.5 million manats.

As a deposit and, allegedly, bribes for the leadership of the Confederation of Trade Unions, they received 900,000 manats from entrepreneurs.

In addition, Hasanov, under the same pretext, received 360,000 manats from another businessman.

In connection with the above facts, Aliyev and Hasanov were charged under the Article  178.4 (fraud, causing major damage) and 32.4, 312.1 (incitement to give a bribe) and 32.4, 312.2 (repeated incitement to give a bribe) of the Criminal Code.

In relation to both, a preventive measure in the form of arrest was chosen by a court decision. Preliminary investigation of the criminal case continues.—06B-

An Armenian became the head of one of the districts of the Turkish city of Denizli

Baku/17.08.22/Turan:  The day before, a Turkish citizen of Armenian origin, Berk Achar, was appointed the head of the Babadag district of the city of Denizli. Berk Akar, 27-years-old, became the first Armenian to hold such a post in modern Turkey, Turkish media reported.

Berk Akar was born in Istanbul in 1995. He graduated from the private Armenian secondary school named after Sahakyan Nunyan. In 2020, he graduated from the Faculty of Law of Bilgi University. Completed a legal internship in Sisli.

In 2021 he passed a written exam in Ankara,  and ranked  the 72nd out of 13,374 candidates. 475 people were invited for an interview. Berk Akar was among those who went to public office. It is expected that in the coming days the young head of the district will arrive in the district and begin his duties.

About 70 thousand ethnic Armenians,citizens of this country, live in Turkey. About 40,000 more Armenian citizens live and work in Turkey. -02B-

The number of infected people increase considerably

Baku/17.08.22/Turan: 710 new cases of coronavirus infection were recorded in Azerbaijan over the past day; 503 people  recovered, there were no deaths, the Operational Headquarters under the Cabinet of Ministers said on Wednesday, August 17.

Compared to the previous day, the number of infected people increased by about 20%. To date, the number of active patients has amounted to 3,427 people. 4852 tests were carried out per day. -0-