Reza Zarrab

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has demanded the resignation of Customs and Trade Minister Hayati Yazıcı over shady gold transfers from Ghana to Dubai via Turkey, on the grounds that he failed to open an efficient probe into a mysterious cargo plane carrying 1.5 tons of gold. 

Republican People’s Party (CHP) Istanbul Deputy Umut Oran has submitted another parliamentary question regarding the shady gold transfer from Ghana to Dubai via Istanbul.

An opposition lawmaker has initiated reopening the case of mysterious gold trade from Ghana to Dubai via Istanbul early 2013.

The developments come through a parliamentary question on the role of the Foreign Ministry in easing procedures for the plane in question to leave the Istanbul airport, although it had been seized by the Customs Directorate, due to its suspect cargo.

Turkey’s high-level graft probe suspect Reza Zarrab, who was charged with forming a ring that bribed officials to help disguise illegal gold sales to Iran via Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank, was seen entering the bank’s headquarters on June 16, where he stayed for one-and-a-half hours.

Today is the last day of the quarterly data-intensive week. In addition to the first quarter GDP figures, which were released on June 10, industrial production and Balance of Payments for April came out on June 9 and 12 respectively.

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has filed a motion for a parliamentary inquiry into Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in relation to a wave of corruption probes that first went public on Dec. 17, 2013.