
Biography of Mustafa Aksu, who was arrested within the scope of the fund robbery investigation, and the reason for his arrest
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Mustafa Aksu served as Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry between 2018-2021. An investigation into fund fraud in the capital markets continues.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Mustafa Aksu, who stated that he lost approximately 100 million liras in fund fraud, was arrested. So, who is Mustafa Aksu? Why was former Deputy Minister Mustafa Aksu arrested?
WHO IS MUSTAFA AKSU?
Mustafa Aksu was born in 1977 in Kayseri Develi. He completed his primary and secondary education in Develi. He started his undergraduate education in the USA in 1997. He graduated from Marquette University and University of Wisconsin, majoring in International Business and Marketing.
He completed his master's degree at the Department of Public Administration and Political Science with the thesis "International Reflections of Energy Policies in Terms of Economy and Politics".
In the USA, he worked as Türkiye and Middle East sales manager at Prime Leather Finishes Co. (Winconsin USA) in 1998.
In 2000, he worked as a Financial Consultant and Investment expert at North Westen Finanscial Network.
In 2003, he became a manager at his family's company, Aksu Group, one of Türkiye's top 500 industrial enterprises.
He started his political life with AKP in 2003. He served as AKP Ankara provincial vice president, economic affairs president, environment and energy commission and tradesmen commission president.
He became a member of MÜSİAD in 2008 and a member of the New World Foundation Ankara provincial advisory board in 2014.
On 9 August 2018, he was appointed as Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry with the decision numbered 2018/86. Aksu was dismissed from his post as Deputy Minister with the decree published in the Official Gazette on January 9, 2021.
WHY WAS MUSTAFA AKSU ARRESTED?
The ongoing investigations within the scope of the giant 'fund' heist revealed in the capital markets have started to target people who held high-level positions in the bureaucracy.
It was reported that former Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Mustafa Aksu, was arrested within the scope of the said investigation.
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