New detail in the corruption investigation in Antalya! 50 million check and telephone order

The 1849-page indictment prepared in the investigation regarding the organization and service procurement tenders carried out by Antalya Metropolitan Municipality and its subsidiary ANSET was accepted by the Antalya 4th High Criminal Court.

A lawsuit was filed against 55 defendants, 15 of whom were detained, including Mayor Muhittin Böcek and former ANSET General Manager Cansel Çevikol Tuncer, who were arrested and suspended within the scope of the 'bribery and corruption' investigation against Antalya Metropolitan Municipality.

'RESET YOUR PHONE, BUY IPHONE'

In the indictment, new details emerged regarding the financial relations between Antalya Metropolitan Municipality, ANSET and the organization companies, and the meetings the defendants had with each other. Levent Ş., the owner of the organization company, stated in his statement that after the arrest of Mehmet Okan K., a businessman affiliated with various organization companies, he called İsa K. and wanted to find out what happened. Levent Ş., who said that İsa K. ended the meeting by stating that he was following the courthouse process in Manavgat, claimed that he later came to İsa K.'s house in Izmir. Claiming that he was informed for the first time about the irregular transactions with Antalya Metropolitan Municipality during this meeting, Levent Ş. claimed that İsa K. implicitly told him to keep his mouth shut. Explaining that İsa K. asked him to reset the Android operating system phone he was using and buy an iPhone so that they could make future calls via FaceTime, Levent Ş. stated that he acted in accordance with this instruction.

14 CHECKS FOR 50 MILLION 198 THOUSAND LIRAS

Levent Ş. said that a few days after the meeting in Izmir, İsa K.'s brother Hüseyin K. sent him images of the check. Stating that the total amount of 14 checks issued in his name from companies affiliated with Mehmet Okan K. was 50 million 198 thousand 119 liras and 60 kuruş, Levent Ş. claimed that the check images were transferred from Hüseyin K.'s phone to his own phone. Levent Ş. also claimed that Hüseyin K. said that there was a deficit in the companies and asked him to issue a collection receipt in return for these checks.

'I DID NOT AGREE TO ISSUING A COLLECTION RECEIPT'

Levent Ş. claimed that he had previously issued invoices for the checks in question upon the direction of İsa K., but no money had arrived in his account in return for these transactions. Levent Ş., who also cited the arrest of Mehmet Okan K. as a justification, explained that he did not accept to issue the collection receipts requested from him. Levent Ş. In his statement, no precise information was included regarding which commercial transactions the checks were issued for and whether they were collected or not. Levent Ş.'s statement also included a conversation that he claimed took place during the detention period. Levent Ş., who stated that he encountered Mehmet Okan K. in the corridor of the KOM Branch Office while he was in custody in September, claimed that Mehmet Okan K. told him not to mention İsa K.'s name in his statement.