In the 702-page indictment prepared against 41 defendants, including Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Muhittin Böcek, his son Mustafa Gökhan Böcek, who was arrested on July 5, 2025 within the scope of the 'bribery' and 'corruption' investigation carried out by the Antalya Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, and the detained defendants, former Provincial Police Chief İlker Arslan, businessmen Fazlı Ateş and Mehmet Okan Kaya; Accusations of 'extortion by force, wrongful acquisition of property, influence peddling, laundering of property values resulting from crime, qualified fraud and slander' were included. In the indictment, a legal evaluation was made about 26 actions identified at this stage.
ACCUSES LAID AGAINST
In the indictment; Muhittin Böcek's 'Extortion by force', 'Unfair acquisition of property and laundering of property values resulting from crime', former Antalya Provincial Police Chief İlker Arslan's 'Laundering of property values resulting from crime and wrongful acquisition', Mustafa Gökhan Böcek's 'Extortion by force in the capacity of an assistant and laundering of property values resulting from crime' It was requested that he be punished for the crimes of 'influence trading and illicit acquisition of property as an aid' and 'a person who takes crime as a profession'. Punishment was requested for Zuhal Böcek and Zeynep Kerimoğlu for the crime of 'laundering property values resulting from crime'.
In the indictment; Along with the cash and deposits amounting to approximately 170 million 83 thousand TL seized from the suspects, 10 flats, 5 vehicles, 5 workplaces, 1 luxury brand watch and 1 mobile phone were requested to be confiscated. It was stated that the total value of the movable and immovable assets that were confiscated was 258 million 600 thousand TL. The 702-page indictment was accepted by the Antalya 6th High Criminal Court.
ADDITIONAL INDICTMENT AGAINST 10 PEOPLE
An additional indictment was prepared upon the criminal complaint made against 9 business people who were listed as 'victims' in the last hearing file and the former deputy general secretary of the municipality, Serkan T., one of the undetained defendants of the case. In the 24-page indictment prepared by the Antalya Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the money and real estate allegedly given by business people during their transactions with the municipality were scrutinized. In the indictment accepted by Antalya 6th High Criminal Court; It was requested that Yusuf Y., Hakan I., Mehmet Akif K., Sezgin K., Mehmet Salih A., Demir D., İbrahim T., Fikret B. and Muvaffak E. be punished for 'bribery', and Serkan T. for 'extortion by coercion in his capacity as an aid'. Sezgin K. and Mehmet Salih A. were also accused of 'laundering property values resulting from crime'.
THE PROSECUTION OFFICE EVALUATED THE DEFENSE OF 'WE GAVE IT UNDER PRESSURE'
It was stated that some business people claimed that they had to pay money or real estate in order to receive their progress payments from the municipality, to obtain a settlement license or to complete the title deed transactions. The prosecutor's office, on the other hand, came to the conclusion that the pressure element required for the crime of 'Extortion by force' was not present in some of these incidents and requested that the people who were previously considered as victims be tried for the crime of 'Bribery'. In the action against Serkan T., the prosecutor's office evaluated that there was an element of pressure, unlike the others, and requested that he be punished for aiding the crime of 'extortion by force'.
THE HEARING HAS STARTED
With the additional indictment, 9 people who were previously included in the file as 'damaged by crime' were included as defendants, and the trial of 50 defendants, 2 of whom were detained, continued in the Antalya Regional Courthouse Meeting Hall. The detained defendants from this file, Muhittin Böcek and Gökhan Böcek, were present in the courtroom. The court panel listened to the defendants added to the file.
'I HAD TO GIVE THIS MONEY'
Businessman Yusuf Y., who was accused of 'bribery' in the additional indictment prepared against him, said, "During the local elections, Muhittin Böcek said to me, 'You are not voting anyway, so you will support me.' Mustafa Gökhan Böcek came to my office. First, he asked for 25 million liras as election support. I agreed to 8.5 million liras. 'You send the money, then I will make you make a progress payment. At the municipality. "You are doing business, there is an election, you have to contribute," he said. "I did not give this money of my own free will, as a donation."
'I DID NOT VOLUNTARILY GIVE 30 MILLION LIRAS'
Yusuf Y. also stated that he paid 30 million lira to Gökhan Böcek when he was in the process of divorce, and said, "Gökhan came to me and said that he needed 30 million lira. He had separated from his ex-wife Zeynep Kerimoğlu, he said that he should marry his current wife Zuhal Böcek. His current wife was pregnant. So I gave it to him. But I did not give this money voluntarily."
'WE GAVE THE FLAT OUT OF NECESSITY'
Hakan I., a businessman operating in the construction industry, said, "We applied to Konyaaltı Municipality for resettlement in 2016. We were told, 'Wait'. We waited for months. After a while, we were told that one flat should be given to Muhittin Böcek. We said that this could not happen, but we gave this flat out of necessity. The building was completely finished, and even then, they gave the settlement in February 2017. The title deed was transferred to İsmail E. "We did it, and then we were able to get the permit. We completed this project under difficult conditions," he said.
'WE GIVEN FLATS IN EXCHANGE FOR RESIDENCE'
Civil Engineer Mehmet Akif K. stated that Tuncay S. wanted a flat to be given to Muhittin Böcek and said, "I have previously testified as a victim of crime. We asked for a settlement license from Konyaaltı Municipality for the construction we completed. All our communication took place with Tuncay S.. We gave the flat to Muhittin Böcek in exchange for settlement. The settlement process is actually a difficult process, we submitted all our documents completely."
'OUR FLATS SALES HAD SLOWED DOWN'
Sezgin K., who was named as the 'defendant' on the charge of 'bribery and laundering of property values' in the additional indictment, said: "I bought the area opposite the wholesaler market in Güneş District of Kepez district, which was declared as urban transformation, in exchange for a tender and the construction started. There was a disruption in my work. Serkan T. wanted a shop. He wanted 4 out of 5 shops for Muhittin Böcek and 1 for himself. Our flat sales had started to slow down. Muhittin "I never met with Böcek financially, we had these meetings with Muhittin Böcek. I can prove that we deserved 8 thousand pages. I was in prison right now. I was left in bad conditions. The area we were building on was going to tender for 10 years. I took the risk and bought it."
'I AM BEING SLANDERED'
Rejecting the allegation that bribes were given in exchange for permits for construction projects, İbrahim T. said, "I am being slandered. I do not accept the accusations. I am doing construction in Antalya. Tuncay K. was a civil servant in the municipality at that time. I had 3 projects in Altıntaş. One of them was drawn by Tuncay K.'s wife, Özlem Yıldız K.. I could not get the permits for my constructions anyway. Tuncay K. came to me during the hearing. He cried and apologized. I am really not guilty," he said.
DECISION FOR FORCED BRING AND CAPTURE FOR 3 DEFENDANTS
A warrant was issued for the 2 defendants who did not attend the hearing, and an arrest warrant was issued for the defendant Demir D. The hearing was postponed because the statements of the defendants who did not come to the courtroom could not be taken.
