Turkar Aliyeva, daughter of Major General Natig Aliyev, has been charged with incitement to crime and official forgery in addition to a large-scale fraud charge, the Sumgayit City Prosecutor’s Office says.
The fraud charge against Turkar Aliyeva stems from an allegation that she took a substantial sum of money from a person after promising to help with paperwork for a plot of land. An investigation opened after the complainant came forward led to her detention overnight, after which she was placed under investigative custody.
When detained, she was suspected of fraud on an especially large scale (Article 178.4 of the Criminal Code, covering damage above 500,000 manats and carrying 10 to 14 years in prison) and influence peddling. At the Sumgayit City Prosecutor’s Office she was then charged under Article 178.3.2, fraud causing large-scale damage, as well as Article 32.4 (complicity through inciting another person to commit a crime by threat or other means) and Article 313 (official forgery).
Aliyeva has been brought to the Sumgayit City Court and is expected to appear before a judge. An ambulance was called for her after her health reportedly deteriorated.
Father’s past posts and earlier controversies
Turkar Aliyeva’s father, Natig Aliyev, previously headed the Ministry of Defence’s Central Army Sports Club before serving as head of the ministry’s Medical Service.
The major general’s daughter has recently been at the center of several controversial episodes. She recently alleged that the head of the Absheron Territorial Office No. 4 of the State Service for Property Registry and one of its employees had acted unlawfully toward her and insulted her. The head of the office was later dismissed.
