Voice of America
22 Oct 2019, 01:05 GMT+10
ANKARA - Turkey's economy minister has announced that a Turkish banker convicted in the United States of helping Iran evade economic sanctions has been appointed head of Turkey's stock exchange.
Banker Hakan Atilla, who was convicted in 2018, was released from prison in July and deported to Turkey.
Turkey maintained Atilla's innocence throughout the trial and called his conviction a "scandalous verdict." The five-week trial strained Turkish-U.S. relations and featured testimony about corruption at the highest levels of the Turkish government
Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak announced Atilla's appointment in a tweet Monday.
Albayrak tweeted: "The resting time of Hakan Atilla who joined his family and country following an unjust conviction has ended. He has been appointed Borsa Istanbul's general manager."
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