The investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against the suspect Cafer Mahiroğlu for the crimes of "bribery", "tender rigging" and "laundering of assets resulting from crime" continues.
The statements of 8 suspects who were detained within the scope of the investigation and sent to the courthouse were completed at the prosecutor's office.
Among the suspects, former Izmir Metropolitan Municipality General Secretary Ramazan Tezcan, former Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Machinery Supply Department Head Haluk Harun Tuzsuzoğlu, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Machinery Supply Department controller Mehmet Meral, and Filiz Bulut, Emre Kaya and İbrahim Tuncol were referred to the criminal judgeship of peace with a request for arrest.
İbrahim Seyfittinoglu and Murat Topuz were sent to the judgeship with a request for judicial control.
INVESTIGATION
In the statement made by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was stated that Cafer Mahiroğlu used his connections in Izmir Metropolitan Municipality to enable the establishment of BUSTECH Vehicle Maintenance Tenar Hizmetleri AŞ and that there were findings that unfair benefits were obtained through municipal tenders.
In the statement, it was noted that in line with MASAK data and other evidence, it was determined that 14 million 464 thousand liras of unregistered bribe payments were made in connection with the tender processes, that payments were made at exorbitant prices for the works received through the company, and that the revenues were transferred to companies related to Mahiroğlu.
In the statement, it was noted that the total transaction volume of companies associated with Mahiroğlu was 30 billion 352 million 37 thousand 389 liras and 15 kuruş, and in his personal bank accounts, there was a total of 1 billion 62 million 260 thousand 3 liras and 28 kuruş money inflow in 459 separate transactions and a total of 1 billion 118 million 591 thousand 33 lira 88 kuruş money outflow in 564 separate transactions. It was reported that transfers and asset acquisitions were also examined.
In the statement, it was stated that the companies that the suspect Mahiroğlu was found to be a partner, manager or affiliated with were seized by the decision of the criminal judgeship of peace and the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) was decided to be appointed as trustee.
Within the scope of the investigation, suspects Harika Akkaya, Hasan Özdemir, İbrahim Özdemir, Armağan Küçük, Mustafa Özdemir, Halit Akın, Ali Turan, Mediha Burumoğlu, Murat Koçak, Erkan Yağcı, Süleyman Özen and Mehmet Necati Yağcı were detained.
In the investigation, it was determined that the suspects Cafer Mahiroğlu, Hakan Arıcan and Sevim Kul were abroad, the suspect Doruk Bulut was in prison for another crime, and the suspect Fatih Yadoğlu was a fugitive.
4 of the 12 suspects taken into custody were arrested, and judicial control measures were imposed on 8 suspects, 4 of whom were under house arrest.
On the other hand, within the scope of the investigation, the criminal judgeship of peace also blocked access to the social media accounts of Halk TV, for which SDIF was appointed as trustee.
As the investigation continued, 1 more suspect was arrested after being detained, bringing the number of people arrested to 5. Within the scope of the investigation, 8 more suspects were detained in the second wave of the operation.
