Interior Ministry Bans Uzans From Going Abroad

ANKARA - The Ministry of Interior Affairs banned twenty people including Young Party (GP) leader Cem Uzan, Kemal Uzan, Yavuz Uzan and Imar Bankasi's former executive board members from going abroad.
Sources said late on Thursday that upon the request of the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA), the Ministry of Interior Affairs banned twenty people including GP leader Cem Uzan, Kemal Uzan, Yavuz Uzan and Imar Bankasi's former executive board members from going abroad.
On July 4, BRSA shut and seized control of Imar Bankasi, a private bank owned by the Uzans, declaring it a threat to the stability of frail banking system, and this move came days after seizure of the Uzans' two lucrative power utilities and month-long bans against five television channels on charges of misconduct.
The Uzan empire extends from cement and mobile phones to the media and is run by patriarch Kemal Uzan and his sons Hakan and Cem.
(MS) 17.07.2003