Prison request for lawyer Mücahit Biri!

The second hearing of the case in which Lawyer Mücahit Biri is on trial with a request for imprisonment from 6 months to 2 years for 'abuse of office' for allegedly demanding 2 million dollars from businessman Murat Kapki, the detained defendant of the 'corruption' case against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, in return for his release and forcing him to give false statements, was held at the 30th High Criminal Court in the Istanbul Palace of Justice. The undetained defendant Mücahit Biri and the businessman Murat Kapki, who was detained in the 'corruption' case, attended the hearing.

Murat Kapki said that Mucahit Biri visited him in prison on July 31, 2025. Stating that Biri brought a pre-prepared text with him, Kapki claimed that he was told that he could be released if he signed the text and explained the allegations in it to the prosecutor's office. Stating that the text contains false allegations about names including Ekrem İmamoğlu, Özgür Özel and Murat Ongun, Kapki stated that he said, "I cannot slander anyone." Kapki stated that Biri told him to "think Machiavellian" and that he could be released if he did what he said for a week.

Mücahit Biri, on the other hand, objected to the transactions he carried out within the scope of his legal activities being considered as crimes. The first argued that a lawyer's meeting with his client over files or documents and visiting the prison under power of attorney cannot be considered a crime.

Explaining his opinion at the hearing, the prosecutor demanded that Mücahit Biri be punished with a prison sentence of 6 months to 2 years for the crime of 'abuse of office'. The court postponed the hearing to January 22, 2027.