Banker convicted in US picked to head Turkish stock exchange

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s economy minister has announced that a Turkish banker convicted in the United States of helping Iran evade economic sanctions has been appointed head of Turkey’s stock exchange.
Banker Hakan Atilla, who was convicted in 2018, was released from prison in July and deported to Turkey.
Turkey maintained Atilla’s innocence throughout the trial and called his conviction a “scandalous verdict.” The five-week trial strained Turkish-U.S. r