Turkey's EU Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has attempted to downplay accusations that Turkey’s EU agency has misappropriated EU funds while confirming a probe into the matter, underlining the government’s willingness to subject itself to the investigation to clear its name, Hürriyet Daily News reports on Tuesday.
“We are extremely open and transparent on these issues. Inshallah, everybody will see the report after the investigation is finalized,” Çavuşoğlu is quoted by the news agency as saying yesterday during his visit to the Aksaray province, adding that the investigation was opened upon an initiative from the Turkish side.
The investigation was launched after the revelation of an email by then-National Agency President Musa Ceylan to then-EU Minister Egemen Bağış. In the email dated March 2013, Ceylan states that he will not fulfill any inappropriate instruction by Bağış, the Turkish news agency informs.
