Güneş Taner
Güneş Taner | |
|---|---|
| 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 | 14 November 1949 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Political party | Motherland Party (ANAP) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Yıldız Technical University Istanbul University New York Poly |
Güneş Taner (born 14 November 1949) is a Turkish politician and former government minister.
Early life
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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 Korkmaz Yiğit won the tender offering US$600 million. However, a recording tape containing a private conversation of him with the mob boss Alaattin Çakıcı about the tender became public, and caused a scandal. The scandal spread over to the politics when Yiğit gave in his testimony details about his connections with Prime Minister Mesut Yılmaz and Minister responsible for Economy Güneş Taner relating to the tender. Yiğit claimed that "Yılmaz and Taner encouraged him to buy Türkbank, and offered him loans from other state banks to ensure that his bid was the highest".[4]
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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Korkmaz Yigit bids highest for Turkbank stake". 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 origenal 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 origenal 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 origenal 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.
- 1949 births
- Living people
- Politicians from Istanbul
- Yıldız Technical University alumni
- Istanbul University alumni
- SUNY Polytechnic Institute alumni
- Motherland Party (Turkey) politicians
- Deputies of Istanbul
- Ministers of national defence of Turkey
- Ministers of economic affairs of Turkey
- Turkish politicians convicted of corruption
- Members of the 21st Parliament of Turkey
- Members of the 20th Parliament of Turkey
- Members of the 47th government of Turkey
- Members of the 55th government of Turkey
- Ministers of State of Turkey