Turkey’s ruling 'White Party' turning gray, critics say
Recent allegations stand in contrast to the ruling Justice and Development Party's pledges to rid Turkey of systemic corruption.
Crime pays in Turkey. That is apparently the lesson former Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan — who was sacked in April after selling anti-COVID-19 sanitizer produced by a company she owns jointly with her husband to the ministry she was running — deduced from the affair.
A video shared by Turkish investigative journalist Ismail Saymaz today showed a man and a woman alleged to be Pekcan’s chauffeur and her secretary pouring bottles of the disinfectant through a sieve to catch particles of fungus that had formed in the yellowish liquid. The apparent purpose was to sanitize the sanitizer before rebottling it for sale.
Images of the purported scam became a top trending topic on Twitter amid howls of disgust.
Ruhsar Pekcan'a ait şirket bozuk dezenfektanları piyasaya sürmüş. Nanoksia'da bir kişi çekilen görüntülerde şişe içinde oluşan tortuları yanındakilere tarif ederek, “Çizgi olanları alma, onlar mantar olmuş” dediği duyuluyor.
Ohh hem paraları yemiş hem bozuk mal piyasaya sürmüş! pic.twitter.com/zWYQOIZIoW
