Eyüp Aşık

Eyüp Aşık (born 1953, Çaykara[1]) is a former Turkish politician. He represented Trabzon in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Motherland Party (ANAP) from 1983 to 2001.[2] In the mid-1990s he was a minister of state responsible for Tekel.[3]

Career

Aşık was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 1983 for the Motherland Party (ANAP) party, and was re-elected repeatedly.[4] In the mid-1990s he was a minister of state responsible for Tekel,[3] and a member of a 1993 - 1995 parliamentary commission to research killings by unknown perpetrators (faili meçhul cinayetleri araştırma komisyonu).[5] He resigned his seat as deputy and his position as minister of state on 16 November 1998, after allegations (which Aşık denied) of a relationship with mob boss Alaattin Çakıcı.[6] In February 1999 he was acquitted on charges of aiding the mafia.[7][8]

Aşık was re-elected to parliament in the 1999 elections.[9] He defected from ANAP to the DYP in 2001,[10] but failed to win a seat in the 2002 elections.[6] He was a Democratic Party candidate in the 2007 elections.[11]

References
  1. kimkimdir.gen.tr, Eyüp Aşık (1953 - .... )
  2. Today's Zaman, 12 September 2010, Former politicians find there’s life after politics
  3. Hurriyet Daily News, 4 November 1997, Asik: 1998's privatization will reach $10 billion
  4. Hurriyet, 3 September 2002, DYP'li vekillere önseçim darbesi
  5. Radikal, 24 October 2008, Faili meçhul komisyonu üyeleri 1000 cinayeti 15 yıl önce görmüştü...
  6. Hurriyet Daily News, 18 December 2002, Trial process for Asik and Bucak kicks off
  7. Hurriyet Daily News, 4 February 1999, Court acquits Eyup Asik in mafia trial
  8. Hurriyet Daily News, 5 February 1999, Asik defends himself
  9. Hurriyet Daily News, 10 July 1999, Court suspends the Asik trial due to deputy's legislative immunity
  10. Hurriyet Daily News, 4 October 2001, Eyup Asik joins DYP
  11. Hurriyet Daily News, 9 July 2007, Fish, nuts and jobs; elections in Trabzon
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