Head of SOCAR (Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company) Energy Greece Anar Mammadov has been appointed new director general of Turkey’s Petkim petrochemical complex.

Sadeddin Korkut, Petkim’s previous director general, resigned and was later arrested on charges of being involved in Fethullah Gulen’s movement.

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Director General of petrochemical complex Petkim Sadeddin Korkut was detained in Turkey, Anadolu Agency reported.

The police conducted searches and seized documents both in his home and office.

According to the agency, 200 employees of various energy companies are accused of having links with Fetullah Gülen’s organizations.

Some officials of SOCAR Turkey Energy company (Turkish subsidiary of Azerbaijan’s state oil company (SOCAR) resigned in connection with the military coup attempt in Turkey, the Turkish media reported July 28.

According to the media, among those resigned are Omer Adsiz, director of PR department at SOCAR Turkey, Ilgar Mehmetoglu, director of HR department, Cetin Korkut, director of IT department, as well as Fuat Ulagay, director of HR department at Star refinery.