4th wave in the drug and prostitution investigation in Ankara: Deputy Mustafa Erdem's name is mentioned

Within the scope of the drug and prostitution investigation carried out under the coordination of the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, 16 suspects for whom detention orders were issued were captured in the 4th wave operation carried out on September 22.

As a result of 4 waves, the total number of suspects in the investigation reached 80. According to information received from judicial sources; Messages stated to have been sent to New Party Antalya Deputy Mustafa Erdem were obtained from the digital materials of Arda Biri, who was detained in the 4th wave of the investigation. In the correspondence in question, it was claimed that a payment of 5 million dollars was made in favor of Muhittin Böcek for the purpose of 'following up' work in the Forensic Medicine process.

It is stated in the correspondence that the work in question could not be concluded and that the return of 5 million dollars was subsequently brought to the agenda, and that there was an argument between the parties regarding the refund. In one of the messages, it is seen that the phrase 'Dear Deputy, you defrauded me, for 5 million dollars' was used to address Mustafa Erdem. The name Mustafa Erdem is also included in other correspondence in the WhatsApp group called 'Bacanaklar', which is said to be on Biri's phone.

During the examination of the digital materials of Biri, images of Ayhan Bora Kaplan, who is on trial in detention in the Ayhan Bora Kaplan criminal organization case, and the fugitive defendant Cengiz Haliç, for whom there is an arrest warrant, were found.