He is also known to have managed Uzbekistan's national payment system, Uzcard [ru], and was the controlling shareholder of Kapitalbank, one of the largest private banks in the country.
The family solidified its position through the son's marriage to Saida Mirziyoyeva, the eldest daughter of then Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
[2] In 2005, following the Andijan massacre, Batyr Tursunov lost his influence in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but was later anyway appointed as the head of the Interpol National Central Bureau.
Oybek's brother, Ulukbek Tursunov, took up the position of deputy chief of the Tashkent City Police Department (Russian: ГУВД Ташкента).
[2] By 2023, following Shavkat Mirziyoyev's ascent to power, Tursunov had founded at least nine companies and had acquired control over valuable real estate in Tashkent and other regions of Uzbekistan.
[6][7] In May 2020, Oybek Tursunov acquired a 75% shareholding in the 'Edinyi obshcherespublikanskii protsessingovyi tsentr', which operates the interbank payment system known as Uzcard [ru], with the remaining 25% of the shares being retained by the company itself.
In March 2022, he sold his shares in Telekominvest and Finance TCI to long-time associates and former top managers of his holding, Irina Lupicheva and Boris Dobrodeev.
[17] Media also reported that Tursunov owns the restaurants Kuranty, Obi Hayot, Truffle, and Nobel, as well as the Shodlik Palace hotel in Tashkent.
The intended development for the land involved tearing down the current retail spaces to build a "multifunctional shopping and entertainment center."
[19] In 2021, Radio Ozodlik uncovered from the 2018 state procurement records that Oybek Tursunov had acquired a Montblanc desktop accessory set valued at over $6,000 with budget funds.
[8] In August 2022, Amanbai Sagidullaev, the leader of the separatist movement Alga Karakalpakstan [ru], alleged that President Mirziyoyev was transferring ownership of factories and industrial plants to his associates.
[22] In June 2019, Oybek Tursunov also attended the wedding of the sons of the Emir of Dubai, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.