What's more, shareholdersTeliaSoneraAB from SwedenandAltimo fromRussiatried to seize controlof thetelecomcompanyfrom the main Turkishshareholder, Cukurova Holding, severalweeks ago.
Its partner in northern Iraq, Genel Enerji, is a division of Turkey's powerful Cukurova Group conglomerate, controlled by Chairman Mehmet Emin Karamehmet.