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TURKCELL KEEN TO PRESENT ALLEGATIONS OF BRIBERY AGAINST MTN IN COURT

- | Nicola Mawson

AFTER having won a landmark judgement in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), Turkcell is now looking forward to presenting evidence that it believes shows that MTN committed acts of bribery and corruption to overturn the award of an Iranian GSM licence to Turkcell.

The SCA ruling set a precedent in that it was the first time a South African court had been asked to determine whether allegations of misconduct that apparently took place in another country could be heard locally. Turkcell’s legal wrangle with MTN dates back more than a decade when it initially approached the US courts in an action it later retracted. It is arguing that MTN did not win its 49% of a telecommunications licence in Iran fairly.