"German Court Sentences Turkish Charity Directors, NTV Reports
By Firat Kayakiran
Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- A Frankfurt state court sentenced Turkish directors at the charity Deniz Feneri e.V. to jail for siphoning off 16 million euros ($22.8 million) of donations, NTV television reported.
Mehmet Gurhan, chairman of the charity until November 2006, was sentenced to 5 years and 10 months in jail by the court today, NTV said citing court proceedings. Mehmet Taskan, chairman of the charity after Gurhan, and Firdevsi Ermis, its accountant, received shorter sentences, it said. All three defendants had pleaded guilty."
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