Tuesday, 05 April 2005

TURKISH BUSINESSMAN ALLEGES PROPERTY SEIZURE IN KYRGYZSTAN

Published in News Digest

By empty (4/5/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Gurkan Yenice, vice president of the Turkish company Sistem Muhendislik, alleged at a press conference in Bishkek on 4 April that on 25 March a Kyrgyz company illegally took over the Pinara-Bishkek hotel, which rightfully belongs to him, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. According to Yenice, on the night of 25 March, Ruslan Sarymsakov, head of the Ak-Keme company, came to the hotel with 50 supporters and evicted Yenice. Yenice said Sarymsakov asserted that \"there is a new regime in the country and the present owners must leave the hotel,\"Kabar reported.
Gurkan Yenice, vice president of the Turkish company Sistem Muhendislik, alleged at a press conference in Bishkek on 4 April that on 25 March a Kyrgyz company illegally took over the Pinara-Bishkek hotel, which rightfully belongs to him, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. According to Yenice, on the night of 25 March, Ruslan Sarymsakov, head of the Ak-Keme company, came to the hotel with 50 supporters and evicted Yenice. Yenice said Sarymsakov asserted that \"there is a new regime in the country and the present owners must leave the hotel,\"Kabar reported. Yenice asserted that his company acquired the hotel legally in a 1999 deal and said he has all the necessary documents to prove it. For his part, Sarymsakov said decisions by Kyrgyzstan\'s parliament and Constitutional Court returned the Pinara-Bishkek hotel to him and he was merely reasserting his right to ownership, RFE/RL reported. (RFE/RL)
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