Criminal complaint from Minister Göktaş against New Party MPs Özlale and Enginyurt

In the criminal complaint petitions submitted by Minister Göktaş's lawyer to the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was stated that the statements of New Party İzmir Deputy Ümit Özlale and Istanbul Deputy Cemal Enginyurt towards Minister Göktaş and his family were contrary to the truth.

In the petitions, it was noted that Özlale claimed that Göktaş's father, Hasan Özdemir, carried out a total of 830 million liras of transactions in PHE and PRY investment funds and claimed that there were Central Registry Agency (MKK) documents on the subject.

It was stated in the petitions that Hasan Özdemir, who was claimed to have carried out transactions in investment funds, and Minister Göktaş's father were different people, and that the situation was due to the similarity of names.

In the petition, the following was noted:

"The client and his family have no connection with the fund transactions in question. In the public statement made by the client, it is clearly stated that the family members did not carry out even a single penny of transactions in the said funds, that the ID numbers of the person who made the alleged transactions and his father are not the same, and there is a similarity in names."

It was stated in the petitions that Minister Göktaş and his family members did not carry out any transactions with the funds in question, and that the allegations damaged Göktaş's personal rights and reputation in the eyes of the public.

It was stated that Cemal Enginyurt, in his post on his social media account today, brought up the same allegations and used expressions targeting Minister Göktaş and his family.

In the petitions, it was argued that the statements of the MPs could negatively affect confidence in the capital markets, and they requested an investigation be launched against them for the crimes of "insult", "slander", "unlawfully providing, disseminating or obtaining personal data", "publicly disseminating misleading information to the public" and "information-based market fraud".

1 million lira non-pecuniary damage

On the other hand, Minister Göktaş filed a lawsuit against Deputy Ümit Özlale for non-pecuniary damages of 1 million liras with a petition submitted to the Ankara Civil Court of First Instance on Duty through his lawyer.

In the compensation lawsuit petition, it was stated that Özlale's allegations were contrary to reality and were an attack on the personal rights of Minister Göktaş and his family.