DUSHANBE , July 14, Asia-Plus -- The issue of compensation by Turkish construction company “Emek Insaat” of damages to the Dushanbe mayor’s office for half-finished water park in the Tajik capital is still being discussed in Turkey , Amirkhoja Ghoibnazarov, Chairman of Tajikistan’s Higher Economic Court , remarked at a news conference in Dushanbe on July 14.  

According to him, expeditious settlement of this case depends on the Tajik side, which should take part in hearings in Turkey ’s arbitration court, which is considering  the case pitting the Dushanbe mayor’s office against the Turkish construction company “Emek Insaat”.  “The Dushanbe mayor’s office is asking for some US$8 million in damages after the Turkish company left the water park in Dushanbe half-finished,” Mr. Ghoibnazarov said.  

According to him, no one representative from the Tajik side has so far left for Turkey to attend the hearings.  

We will recall the Dushanbe mayor’s office and Turkey ’s Emek Insaat concluded a contract totaling US$2,5 million in 2004 on the construction of a water park in the Tajik capital.  The Turkish company began the construction but later it demanded further US$2.9 million for the completion of construction of the facility.  After the Tajik side refused to provide additional funds, the Turkish firm stopped the construction works and left Tajikistan .  

For its part, the Dushanbe mayor’s office appealed to Tajikistan ’s Higher Economic Court against the Turkish company, asking for US$8 million in damages.