Güneş Taner
Güneş Taner | |
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Minister of State responsible for Economy | |
In office 30 June 1997 – 25 November 1998 | |
Prime Minister | Mesut Yılmaz |
Minister of National Defense | |
In office 19 October 1990 – 28 October 1990 | |
Prime Minister | Yıldırım Akbulut |
Preceded by | Safa Giray |
Succeeded by | Hüsnü Doğan |
Personal details | |
Born | New York Poly | 14 November 1949
Güneş Taner (born 14 November 1949) is a Turkish politician and former government minister.
Early life
Güneş Taner was born in Istanbul to Cengiz Tahir Taner and his wife Süheyla on 14 November 1949.[1][2]
He was educated in civil engineering at Yıldız Technical University, and literature at Faculty of Letters in Istanbul University. He received a master's degree in Industrial administration from State University of New York Polytechnic Institute. He has an honorary doctor title awarded by Plekhanov Russian University of Economics.[2]
Taner was an executive at Citibank.[2]
Politics career
He served as politics advisor to the prime minister, and was among the founders of the Motherland Party (Turkish: Anavatan Partisi, ANAP). He was elected to the parliament four times in 1987, 1991, 1995 and 1999 general elections representing Istanbul Province.
In 1990, Taner was appointed placeholder for the post of Minister of National Defense in the Yıldırım Akbulut cabinet, and was in office for a short term from 19 to 28 October. In the cabinet of Mesut Yılmaz, he served as Minister of State responsible for Economy between 30 June 1997 and 25 November 1998.
Türkbank scandal and trial
Turkey's first private bank, the Türk Ticaret Banksaı, aka Türkbank, went under control of the Treasury in May 1994 following its weakening as a result of the Turkish financial crisis, which blew up in January the same year. The bank's majority stake were taken over by the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund of Turkey (Turkish: Tasarruf Mevduatı Sigorta Fonu, TMSF) for sale in a public tender.[3]
Self-made businessman
The tender was annulled, Çakıcı and Yiğit were arrested.[5][6] The coalition cabinet led by Yılmaz fell down by a motion of no confidence on 11 January 1999.[7][8] A parliamentary investigative report, which accused Yılmaz and Güneş for conspiring to rig bids on tender, became obsolete due to nearing general election in 1999. After the general election in 2002, a new parliamentary investigation committee confirmed the accusations against both the politicians, and proposed to send them to the Constitutional Court of Turkey (Turkish: Yüce Divan) for trial. The supreme court concluded on 23 June 2006 that Yılmaz and Taner are guilty of bid rigging as per Turkish Penal Code's Article 765 Section 205. However, the sentences were reprieved in accordance with applicable laws.[1][9]
References
- ^ a b "Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz ve Güneş Taner Kararı" (PDF) (in Turkish). Anayasa Mahkemesi. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
- ^ a b c "Güneş Taner" (in Turkish). TBMM. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
- Hurriyet Daily News. 1998-08-05. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
- ^ Fraser, Suzan (2005-02-17). "Turkey's Former Leader in Court Over Graft Charges". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
- ^ "Türkbank Skandalının Kronolojisi ve Tuncay Özkan'ın Gazetecilik Ayıbı !!". Haber 3 (in Turkish). 2004-07-14. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
- ^ "Yarım kalmış bir hesap". Haber 3 (in Turkish). 2003-06-23. Archived from the original on 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
- ^ Ünal, Mustafa (2004-06-08). "Judiciary should have Final Word on Turkbank". Today's Zaman. Archived from the original on 2014-12-03. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
- ^ Ünal, Mustafa (2003-06-23). "Türkbank'ta son sözü yargı söylemeli". Zaman (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
- ^ Han, Eda (2006-11-07). "Yüce Divan Karar Verdi: Mesut Yılmaz Suçludur". Haber Vitrini (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-12-03.