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Thursday, December 21, 2006

Turkish Business: Who Owns the TGRT Shares?

"Who Owns the TGRT Shares?

By Oray Egin
Aksam

His funeral is barely over but the push and shove over Ahmet Ertegun's inheritance is already on.

People in Turkey are betting on who will take over TGRT TV station's stocks. [Rupert Murdock owns 25% of TGRT shares and Ertegun used to own the remaining 75%. But since Ertegun did not leave behind any known Turkish citizen heirs, Turkish laws forbid his heirs to claim the shares – UA] "

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