Turkcell Asserts U.S. Jurisdiction in Corruption Lawsuit Against MTN -
New Legal Documentation Filed in Turkcell-MTN Lawsuit
ISTANBUL, Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Turkcell (NYSE: TKC, ISE: TCELL), the leading communications and technology company in Turkey, yesterday filed in a U.S. District Court substantial legal justification for the court to consider Turkcell's corruption and bribery lawsuit against MTN Group Ltd. and its subsidiary MTN International Limited (together MTN). Turkcell's original legal complaint alleges MTN engaged in acts of corruption and bribery to steal Turkcell's award of the Iranian GSM telecommunications license in 2004 and 2005. This latest legal filing was in response to MTN's motion to remove the case from U.S. courts.
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