Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a sign of friendship to Turkish businessman Cavit Çağlar due to contributions to Turkish-Russian relations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin presented an order of friendship to businessman Cavit Çağlar, one of the active actors of Turkish politics, at a ceremony held in Kremlin.  

At the ceremony held at the Kremlin Palace for the "Russian Union Day", Putin gave an order of friendship to the citizens of the six countries as well as Çağlar that contributed to the development of friendship and business union with their countries and Russia.

Caglar thanked the leaders of the two countries for their confidence for the Turkiye's relations with Russia over the difficulties experienced between the two countries thanks to the resolute stance of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Putin in his speech at the awards ceremony.

Who is Cavit Çağlar?

Cavit Çağlar, who was born in 1944 in Gümülcine / Greece, was elected as a deputy from the Right Way Party for 3 terms and was became State Ministry. Entered into active politics through Süleyman Demirel, former Turkish Prime Minister. He owns Nergis Holding. He is also a member of RUYIAD (Association of Rumeli Managers and Businessmen).

During the political periods, the debts of the companies of Cavit Çağlar to the banks had exceeded 100 billion Turkish Liras. High school graduate Cavit Çağlar became ruling state minister in charge of Treasury and Ziraat Bank following the elections on October 20, 1991. "The delivery of the public banks to Cavit Çağlar is like asking the cat to look after the lungs," said Adnan Kahveci, a former minister, related to the Cavit Çağlar's depth decreased from 399 billion liras to 176 billion liras to Ziraat Bank.

Interbank owned by Cavit Çağlar was confiscated in 1998. About Egebank and Etibank investigations, two outright arrest warrants were issued on 2 January 2001 and 2 April 2001 for Çağlar, which came abroad due to health problems and did not return to Turkiye anymore.

After this decision, the "red notice" was issued from Istanbul Interpol Branch Directorate. Çağlar then was arrested by the FBI in the parking lot of John F. Kennedy airport garrison in New York on April 18, 2001. On 28 April 2001, he was extradited to Turkish Interpol officials and brought to Turkiye and arrested and put into prison. On February 6, 2002, he was released. In 2004, Çağlar has sentenced to 3 years 10 months and 20 days imprisonment and 189 million 69 thousand 962 Turkish Liras in the scope of the case which the Supreme Court of Appeals broke twice.

PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, who was captured in Kenya on 16 March 1999, was brought to Turkiye by Cavit Çağlar's plane during the period of Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit. (ILKHA)