Turkish Administrative Court Freezes Yasin Al-Qadi’s Assets
By Andrew Cochran
According to Turkish news reports, Yasin Al-Qadi’s assets in Turkey will finally be frozen after years of delay. Today’s Hurriyet reports (translated for me by a respected source):
Administrative Law Divisions Council of the Turkish Administrative Court repealed the previous verdict that allowed passage of the Council of Ministers decision not to freeze Yasin Al-Qadi’s claims and assets. Previously, a verdict of the 10th Division had allowed the Council of Ministers decision on not freezing Al-Qadi’s assets.
The new decision means that Al Qadi’s entire assets have been frozen definitively. Al-Qadi’s name was included in the terrorist financiers list prepared by the UN Security Council on September 28, 2001. Complying with the UN decision, the Council of Ministers at the time had decided to freeze Al-Qadi’s assets in Turkey along with that of 131 individuals. Al-Qadi, in return filed a lawsuit to repeal the part of the Council of Ministers’ decision that concerned him. The 10th Division of the Administrative Court complied. The Council of Ministers appealed the decision; however, the appellate court dropped the case when Prime Minister declared that "he was a guarantor to Al-Qadi and trusted him as much as he trusted himself."
Administrative Law Divisions Council of the Turkish Administrative Court first denied the not-guilty plea for Al-Qadi at the Court of Appeals, and later on stopped the execution of 10th Division’s rule on the case. At the end of yesterday’s meeting, Al-Qadi’s appeal was reexamined, and ruled that the Council of Ministers was required to enforce the UN decision and that there were no legal irregularities in the previous decision to freeze Al-Qadi’s assets in Turkey.
The decision would be a stunning and important reversal of the policy protecting Al-Qadi. CT Blog Contributing Experts have written often about the refusal of the Turkish government to freeze Qadi's assets. You can access all such posts through
this special archives page, and here is a sample list:
More on Yasin al-Qadi's Connections to Turkey's Prime Minister
Its time to Put Yasin Al Kadi Out of Business!
U.S. Designates Important bin Laden/Qadi Associate
Switzerland Files Criminal Charges Against Saudi Businessman For Financing Terrorism
Turkey Prosecutor Absolves Yasin Al-Qadi, But Is He Right!
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