INCREDIBLE PROVOCATION IN COURT! THE HEARING HAS BEEN POSTPONED

The 4th day of the IMM corruption case is witnessing the provocations and scandals of the detained Ekrem İmamoğlu. Ekrem İmamoğlu overcame the security barriers even though it was prohibited. The president of the court decided to remove all detained defendants, including İmamoğlu, from the courtroom. The hearing was postponed to Monday on the grounds that the hearing order was not maintained.

BRIBERY TABLE DISTURBED

The hearing prosecutor showed the table regarding the progress payment activity of Ağaç A.Ş., which is included in the indictment. The serious increase in money in this table was pointed out and the defendant was asked. When Polat said, “He wanted the money more intensely. I don’t know,” voices rose in the hall. He said that he objected to the question regarding the bribery table that disturbed Ekrem İmamoğlu.

OFFER FROM CHP MP GÖKHAN ZEYBEK TO SILENCE

OFFER FROM CHP MP GÖKHAN ZEYBEK TO SILENCE
Explaining that CHP Deputy Gökhan Zeybek came to visit him while he was in prison, Polat said, “He said, ‘I come from Manavgat, the incident there was a complete conspiracy.’ I said, ‘I don’t know, but our general manager.’ He learned that I wanted to send my daughter to study abroad. He told me, ‘Even though I am a deputy, I am a businessman outside.’ he said. He said I didn’t want it either. I didn’t know who he was. “I learned it from the Gendarmerie,” he admitted.

RECOMMENDATION FROM ALI SUKAS TO TAKE A STATEMENT BEFORE DETENTION

The presiding judge reminded the defendant that during his statement during the investigation phase, Ali Sukas called him to the room and talked about how he would testify. Thereupon, Ümit Polat said, “When the arrests occurred, he called. Murat Or and the company lawyer were also present. Sukas said, ‘They will definitely call us to testify. I did not ask for money from anyone when my wife was a candidate for parliament, and I expect you to testify at the minimum. I said, ‘If the prosecutor calls, I will tell you what I know.’ I testified in the ongoing process on May 28. I was dismissed on June 16.” he said.

THEY TRIED TO COVER THE BRIBERY

Stating that Ali Sukas then started mobbing, saying “He talks a lot left and right” about him, and when there was no response despite his complaints, he decided to meet with Ekrem İmamoğlu, Ümit Polat said, “I told Murat Dağdeviren. He said ‘Okay’. He said that he had mentioned it to Fatih Keleş and İmamoğlu. When I did not hear anything again, I tried to reach Ertan again. At that time, his cousin Duygu Hanım came and said, ‘Mr Ümit, you are retired, you are paving the way for young people. He made different statements such as ‘If you are hungry’, Ali Sukas even knew the news about Ağaç A.Ş from me.” he said.

“I UNDERSTAND WHO THE PEOPLE ABOVE ARE”

Polat said, “I couldn’t do anything. It was a place where I had served for 25 years. I didn’t want to be in the position of complaining to the prosecutor’s office. I worked with 11 general managers. With the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu and Ertan Yıldız, I realized who the above mentioned people were. I went to the prosecutor myself and gave a statement on May 28. I explained the irregularities regarding the tulip tenders.” He continued his defense by saying.

CONTRACTORS STARTED TO CONFESS

Stating that the contractors gradually started to have troubles in the following period, Polat said, “They started to say, ‘He wants this much money from us,’ trusting that we have known each other for a long time. When the disturbances increased after 2-3 days, I thought that Ali Sukas was collecting it for himself. Ertan Yıldız’s cousin Duygu Çebi was appointed as Production Planning Manager. I shared it with him first. I needed to talk to Ertan Yıldız, he made an appointment. Çebi said, ‘He is very bored, he is interested.’ After a while, “It passed, nothing happened,” he said.

HE REFUSED TO INTERMEDIATE BRIBERY

Ümit Polat stated that there was no problem until the end of 2023, and that Berna Sukas, wife of Ağaç A.Ş General Manager Ali Sukas, is a candidate for parliament, and said, “Ali Sukas called me in early 2024. There is a list, and he asked me to meet with the company officials about bringing 10 of the shopping we made on this list. I said I could not do it. Sukas said, ‘I don’t want it, he wants it up.’ he said. He then repeated it once more and I did not accept it. “I definitely did not engage in such a dialogue.” he said.

WILL CONTINUE FOR 4 DAYS

Hearings will continue 4 days a week. The hearing, which started by the Istanbul 40th High Criminal Court in the building of the Marmara Open Prison Campus in Silivri, continues to take the defense of the defendants.

IT’S AĞAÇ A.Ş’S TURN TO DEFEND

The first name to speak in the case where the defense statements of the detained defendants have been received will be Ağaç A.Ş Purchasing Manager Ümit Polat today.

In the indictment regarding the investigation against the “İmamoğlu profit-oriented criminal organization”, in the effective repentance statements of 13 suppliers who did business with the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) subsidiary company Ağaç AŞ, statements regarding the bribe requested from them under the name of “system and election financing” were included.

FOURTH DAY IN THE CASE

On the second day of the trial, before the hearing to be held by the Istanbul 40th High Criminal Court in the hall opposite the Marmara Closed Penal Institution, gendarmerie teams are carrying out security checks in and around the hall.

VICTIM AND CUSTOMERS

The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Turkey, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Turkey, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Turkey, the Provincial Directorate of Environment and Urbanization of Istanbul, the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and the Municipality of Şişli were listed as those damaged by the crime. While Adem Kameroğlu, Mustafa Keleş, Muzaffer Beyaz, Seyfi Beyaz and Mehmet Torun are included in the indictment as both complainants and suspects, the 16 complainants are Alaattin Kameroğlu, Avni Çelik, Fatih Erdoğan, Kaan Yücel, Murat Özyeğin, Sedat Kapıdağ, Abdulkerim Fırat, İlker Keleş, Münir Özkök, Nezih Barut, Salahattin Özgül, Ziya Yılmaz, Çetin Gül, Mehmet İlhan, Bahattin Uçar, Serbülend Danış took part.

MANAGERS AND MEMBERS

Fatih Keleş, Murat Ongun, Ertan Yıldız, Murat Gülibrahimoğlu, Adem Soytekin and Hüseyin Gün were the managers of the organization. Suspects who are members of the organization include Yakup Öner, Emrah Bağdatlı, Resul Emrah Şahan, Necati Özkan, Tuncay Yılmaz, Mustafa Akın, Mehmet Pehlivan, Seza Büyükçulha, Hüseyin Köksal, Ali Nuhoğlu, Ali Sukas, İbrahim Bülbüllü and Melih Geçek.

UP TO 2 THOUSAND 352 YEARS OF PRISON WAS REQUESTED FOR 16 CRIMES

Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office completed the IMM corruption investigation on November 11 and prepared a huge 3,806-page indictment against a total of 407 suspects, 107 of whom were detained and 7 of whom were caught. Bribery and corruption in 143 actions were described as causing a public loss of 161 billion.

In the indictment, Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was held responsible for 142 actions as the leader of the organization, was accused of “establishing an organization for the purpose of committing a crime”, “recording personal data”, “seizing and disseminating personal data”, “concealing criminal evidence”, “obstructing communication”, “damaging public property”, “bribery”, “publicly disseminating misleading information”, “extortion”, “fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations”, “devaluation of assets resulting from crime”. Up to 2,352 years of imprisonment was requested for the crimes of “laundering”, “tender rigging”, “deliberate pollution of the environment”, and violation of the Tax Procedure Law, Forest Law and Mining Law.