Eyüp Aşık (born 1953, Çaykara) is a former Turkish politician. He represented

Trabzon Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. The city was founded in 756 BC as "Trapezous" by colonists from Miletus. It was added into the Achaemenid E ...

in the

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for the Motherland Party (ANAP) from 1983 to 2001. In the mid-1990s he was a minister of state responsible for Tekel.

Career

Aşık was elected to the

in 1983 for the Motherland Party (ANAP) party, and was re-elected repeatedly. In the mid-1990s he was a minister of state responsible for Tekel, Hurriyet Daily News, 4 November 1997
Asik: 1998's privatization will reach $10 billion
/ref> and a member of a 1993 - 1995 parliamentary commission to research killings by unknown perpetrators (''faili meçhul cinayetleri araştırma komisyonu'').''

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'', 24 October 2008
Faili meçhul komisyonu üyeleri 1000 cinayeti 15 yıl önce görmüştü...
/ref> 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

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. Hurriyet Daily News, 18 December 2002
Trial process for Asik and Bucak kicks off
/ref> In February 1999 he was acquitted on charges of aiding the mafia. Aşık was re-elected to parliament in the 1999 elections. He defected from ANAP to the DYP in 2001, but failed to win a seat in the 2002 elections. He was a Democratic Party candidate in the 2007 elections. Hurriyet Daily News, 9 July 2007
Fish, nuts and jobs; elections in Trabzon
/ref>

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Asik, Eyup 1953 births Living people People from Çaykara Democrat Party (Turkey, current) politicians Motherland Party (Turkey) politicians Deputies of Trabzon Members of the 21st Parliament of Turkey Members of the 20th Parliament of Turkey