Cem Uzan (born 26 December 1960, Adapazarı) is a Turkish businessman and politician of involved in the media and banking industries, while also chairing the social liberal Young Party. His family's media empire (Uzan Group) at one time included both television stations and print media. His family was one of Turkey's most influential families. His supporters claim Uzan's political rivalry resulted in the groups companies being seized by the government under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, eventually resulting in Uzan's flight to France to escape what he claimed was political persecution. He has been sentenced in absentia to jail terms in the UK and USA for fraud-related offences.
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