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25 August 2009 - 09:08 AMT

Erdogan and Gül may face prosecution

By the demand of Osman Kaçmaz, Chairman of Turkish Court dealing with grave crimes, prosecutions against Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Abdullah Gül may continue within the frames of the “lost trillion” case.

The case was filed after the loss of money from the deposits of Prosperity Party (PP), a ruling political force at that time. In May 2009, the criminal court in Sinjan, Turkey, demanded that the case be resumed. Being one of the leaders of ruling party which was later resolved by Constitutional Court decision for attempts to Islamize Turkey and accused of forging financial documents, Gül had political immunity and avoided court prosecution which ended about 6 years ago. Gül still enjoys political immunity. Under Turkish Constitution, Turkish Preisdent may face trial only for treason.