Presiden
Turki Tayyip Erdogan (L), diiringi oleh anaknya Bilal dan anak perempuan
Sumeyye, menyapa penyokongnya di ibu pejabat Parti AK di Ankara (Turkish
President Tayyip Erdogan (L), accompanied by his son Bilal and daughter
Sumeyye, greets his supporters at the AK Party headquarters in Ankara) ©
Stringer/Reuters
i.Borneo - Akhbar
Jerman Bild telah menimbulkan persoalan tentang bagaimana anak PresidenTurkey
Recep Tayyip Erdogan mengumpulkan harta yang banyak, termasuk salah satu
kekayaan bernilai puluhan juta, apabila bapa sahaja mendapat pendapatan €
50.000 setahun sebagai ketua negara.
Where
does the money come from?
Erdogan children’s immeasurable wealth questioned by
German Bild . . .
The
German newspaper Bild has raised questions as to how Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan’s children amassed their vast wealth, including one fortune
worth tens of millions, when their father only earns some €50 thousand a year
as head of state.
"Walaupun ayah mereka [Presiden Erdogan]
mendapat beberapa € 50.000 setahun, anak-anaknya di mandi kemewahan. Di manakah
ia datang? Tidak ada data rasmi mengenai akaun itu, "negeri-negeri akhbar.
Artikel ini kemudian memetik data yang
diterbitkan oleh akhbar pembangkang Turki Cumhuriyet, yang menyatakan bahawa
semua orang dalam keluarga Erdogan, termasuk anak perempuan yang lebih muda,
kelihatan ke dalam perniagaan, berurusan dalam bidang seperti kosmetik, makanan
segera, industri perkapalan, dan barang kemas.
Akhbar Jerman menyatakan bahawa nilai bersih
salah seorang anak Erdogan, Ahmet, berjumlah kira-kira $ 80 juta, dengan khabar
angin yang bercanggah mengenai bagaimana dia mendapat wang ini.
"Persoalannya adalah untuk: adakah dia mendapat sokongan dari kerajaan[Turki],"
Bild menulis.
“While their father [President Erdogan] earns
some 50 thousand euro per year, his children bathe in luxury. Where does it
come from? There is no official data on that account,” the newspaper states.
The
article then cites data published by Turkish opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet,
which stated that everyone in Erdogan’s family, including his younger daughter,
appear to be into business, dealing in such spheres as cosmetics, instant
foods, the shipping industry, and jewelry.
The
German newspaper notes that the net worth of one of Erdogan’s sons, Ahmet,
amounts to some $80 million, with conflicting rumors concerning how he got this
money. “A question is in order:
does he get support from the [Turkish] government,” Bild writes.
Anak
perempuan Presiden Turki Tayyip Erdogan Esra dan pengantin lelaki Berat
Albayrak melambai untuk jurugambar sebaik tiba untuk perkahwinan mereka di
Lutfi Kirdar dewan kongres di Istanbul 11 Julai 2004 (Turkish President Tayyip
Erdogan's daughter Esra and the bridegroom Berat Albayrak waves to the
photographers upon their arrival for their wedding in Lutfi Kirdar congress
hall in Istanbul July 11, 2004) © Fatih Saribas/Reuters
Akhbar
itu menambah bahawa anak muda Presiden, Bilal, sering muncul dalam tajuk-tajuk
utama media "yang berkaitan dengan tawaran rendang dan jenayah."
Sesungguhnya, Bilal Erdogan telah baru-baru ini cuba di Itali dakwaan bahawa
hartanya itu berkaitan dengan skandal rasuah politik besar-besaran yang melibatkan
parti AKP memerintah Turki yang berlaku pada tahun 2013, goyang pendirian
politik Turki. Beliau kini menetap di Itali, kononnya untuk menyelesaikan
disertasi. Bersama-sama dengan kakaknya, dia disyaki rasuah dan sogokan.
Bild
juga mengambil perhatian penemuan tahun lepas diterbitkan oleh saluran keluar berita
British, The Guardian, yang mendedahkan
maklumat yang menunjukkan bahawa perniagaan Turki yang terlibat secara aktif
dalam pelbagai memperkatakan Negara Islam (IS, yang sebelum ini ISIL/ISIS)
pengganas, seperti penyeludupan minyak haram.
The
paper adds that the President’s younger son, Bilal, often appears in media
headlines “in connection with shady and criminal deals.” Indeed, Bilal Erdogan
was recently tried in Italy over claims that his estate may be connected to a
massive political corruption scandal involving Turkey’s ruling AKP party that
broke in 2013, rocking the Turkish political establishment. He now lives in
Italy, allegedly to finish his dissertation. Along with his sister, he is
suspected of corruption and bribery.
Bild
also took note of last year’s discoveries published by the British news outlet,
The Guardian, which uncovered information indicating that Turkish businessmen
are actively involved in various deals with Islamic State (IS, formerly
ISIL/ISIS) terrorists, such as illegal oil smuggling.
"Salah
seorang daripada mereka mengikut [The Guardian] data adalah Bilal
Erdogan," Bild mata keluar.
Sementara itu, kerajaan Turki tidak lama lagi
mungkin melihat salah seorang ahli keluarga Erdogan menyertai keluarga mereka
menerajui.
“One of them according to [The Guardian] data is
Bilal Erdogan,” Bild
points out.
Meanwhile,
the Turkish government might soon see one of Erdogan’s family members join
their family at the helm.
Arus
Perdana Menteri Ahmet Davutoglu berkesan melangkah turun dari kedudukannya.
Davutoglu telah diperjuangkan hubungan yang lebih rapat dengan EU dan semakin
disukai, memperkenalkan visa percuma untuk Turki, yang merupakan satu bahagian
penting dalam perjanjian antara Brussels dan Ankara untuk mengurangkan jumlah
pendatang mencapai EU dari wilayah Turki.
Davutoglu
dilihat di Eropah sebagai wajah liberal yang lalui kerajaan dalam Ankara,
manakala Erdogan sering dipersalahkan kerana mewujudkan jawatan presiden
eksekutif yang kuat yang pengkritiknya kecam sebagai autoritarian.
Bild
memetik pendapat bahawa "memandangkan Erdogan, Davutoglu mempunyai terlalu
banyak pengaruh di negara ini kerana peranannya dalam rundingan dengan EU dan
kritikannya terhadap sistem presiden yang Erdogan sedang membina."
The
current Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is effectively stepping down from his
position. Davutoglu had championed closer links with the EU and was in favor of
introducing visa-free travel for Turks, which was a key part of a deal between
Brussels and Ankara to reduce the amount of migrants reaching the EU from
Turkish territory.
Davutoglu
is seen in Europe as the more liberal face of the government in Ankara, while
Erdogan is often blamed for creating a powerful executive presidency that his
critics slam as authoritarian.
Bild
cites opinions that “in Erdogan’s
view, Davutoglu has too much influence in the country due to his role in
negotiations with the EU and his criticism of the presidential system which
Erdogan is building.”
Erdogan
masih belum melantik pengganti Davutoglu, tetapi sebagai Presiden tidak syak
lagi akan mahu penggantinya menjadi lebih mudah dibentuk, ia adalah spekulasi
bahawa anak-dalam-undang-undang Erdogan, Menteri Tenaga Berat Albayrak, mungkin
mempunyai apa yang diperlukan.
Erdogan
has yet to appoint Davutoglu’s successor, but as the President will no doubt
want his replacement to be more malleable, it is speculated that Erdogan’s
son-in-law, Energy Minister Berat Albayrak, might have what it takes.
Ak
Saray, istana presiden di Ankara (Ak Saray, presidential palace in Ankara) ©
Wikipedia
Pelantikan
Albayrak sebagai pemimpin kerajaan akan memberi manfaat kepada keluarga Erdogan
keseluruhan, terutama Bilal, yang telah dituduh terlibat dalam penyeludupan
minyak secara haram di Syria dan Iraq.
Bild
menyatakan bahawa Albayrak mungkin "bahawa sebahagian firma puak"
yang kepala Turki negeri mahu melihat ia di sisinya.
Albayrak’s
appointment as the government’s leader would benefit the whole Erdogan family,
especially Bilal, who has been accused of involvement in illegal oil smuggling
in Syria and Iraq.
Bild states that Albayrak might be “that
firm part of the clan” that the Turkish head of state wants to see
by his side.
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