At the first hearing of the case, which was heard by Antalya 3rd High Criminal Court in the Antalya Regional Courthouse Conference Hall, Böcek, 15 defendants who were not arrested, including ALDAŞ Deputy General Manager Murat Zeydanlı, and the lawyers of the parties were present in the hall.
After identification, the hearing continued with the reading of the summary of the indictment.
In his defense, the defendant Böcek said that he did not accept the accusations made against him within the scope of the file.
Stating that ALDAŞ company was established in 1995 by the decision of the Council of Ministers, and that he served as a board member in the management of the company until he became the Metropolitan Municipality Mayor in 2019, Böcek claimed that after becoming the Metropolitan Municipality Mayor, he became the chairman of the board of directors of the company and did not make any changes in the current situation on a legal basis.
Claiming that he was not warned by the Chief Civil Inspectorate or the Court of Accounts in this regard, and that he did not face any judicial or administrative process, as there were no problems on legal grounds during his time in office, Böcek said, "In accordance with the Municipal Law, expenses in the nature of representation and entertainment and payments within this scope were made. I have not had any requests or instructions regarding the invoice of personal expenses by ALDAŞ to ASAT." He defended as follows.
Böcek, who claimed that he was not aware of the actions that were detected by the Chief Civil Inspectorate report and claimed to be personal expenses, explained that he was not notified about this issue.
Böcek argued that ALDAŞ was constantly audited within the scope of both internal and independent external audit, and that no irregular business or transaction was reported to him in the reports prepared in this direction.
Stating that he gave the signature authority to ALDAŞ AŞ General Manager Kıvanç Bülent Kuzay and Deputy General Manager Murat Zeydanlı to carry out the company's business and transactions on his behalf, Böcek said, "I do not have information about whether they made any irregularities in the work and transactions in this regard." he said.
Böcek stated that he did not accept 14 invoices claiming that they caused public damage and that he could be held responsible for the 2 invoices he made within the scope of the work, and argued that it was out of the question for ALDAŞ and ASAT to suffer losses due to this situation.
Böcek, who stated that he did not accept the allegations that people were made to spend money through ALDAŞ, continued his defense as follows: "I did not give verbal or written instructions. I did not have any instructions about giving the use of vehicles rented within ALDAŞ to my son Gökhan Böcek, or giving mobile phones to my daughter-in-law Zuhal Böcek, I have no information about these issues. Again, Melek Kurukama served as an internal auditor within the company by the decision of the board of directors of ALDAŞ. In return for any work. "Melek Kurukama is going through a difficult process due to the emotional closeness between us. It is not possible for her to take part in the company and gain unfair profits in this way."
Böcek did not accept the accusations against him and requested his acquittal.
Defendant Murat Zeydanlı stated that he worked as the deputy general manager of ALDAŞ company and that he did not gain any benefit or benefit in this capacity.
Stating that he did not accept the accusations and repeated his statements at the prosecutor's office, Zeydanlı said, "The expenses determined by the expert belonging to me and the other defendants were paid as representation and entertainment within the scope of work. As ALDAŞ, we make these payments, and then we invoice ASAT as monthly progress payments. I paid more than the amount determined to be public damage, but I do not accept the accusations." He defended as follows.
The other defendants did not accept the accusations and claimed that they did not gain any unfair advantage through ALDAŞ and did not make any personal expenses.
The court board decided to eliminate the deficiencies in the file and hear the witnesses and postponed the hearing to March 15, 2027.
