İlhan İşbilen | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | (1946-04-01)1 April 1946 (age 79) |
| Spouse | Nebahat Evyap |
| Occupation | Businessman and politician |
İlhan İşbilen (born 1 April 1946) is a Turkish businessman and formerJustice and Development Party (AKP) politician.[1]
He resigned from AKP in February 2014. İşbilen was charged under terrorism offences, accused of being a senior member of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ). He was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment for his leading role in the2016 Turkish coup attempt which resulted in the deaths of 251 people.[2] He denied all charges against him.[3]
He married Nebahat Evyap Isbilen, her family founded theEvyap Group, a major Turkish soap and personal care company, while both were in their 60s, allegedly upon the instruction of Islamic preacherFethullah Gülen, leader of FETÖ. Her name had also came up in thePanama Papers, which showed she transferred a large amount of money to offshore accounts in thetax havenBritish Virgin Islands before the Turkish courts ordered a freeze on the assets of the couple following the FETÖ investigation.[4]
On 15 November 2019 his wife Nebahat transferred toPrince Andrew, Duke of York £750,000 described as a wedding gift forPrincess Beatrice, his eldest daughter, in the belief that it would help her to secure a U.K. passport after she fled the Turkey. She wanted help moving her assets out of Turkey.[5] The Duke repaid the funds.[6] Further payments of £350,000, were made to Prince Andrew and £25,000 were paid to his younger daughterPrincess Eugenie and £225,000 to his ex-wife,Sarah, Duchess of York, on the directives ofSelman Turk.[7][8] Selman Turk founded Heyman AI, the company that won an award from Prince Andrew at aPitch@Palace event atSt James's Palace on 6 November 2019 and later liquidated. The media in Turkey to labeled Turk as a “banker for FETÖ”.[5]
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