Some detained defendants, including suspended Beylikdüzü Mayor Mehmet Murat Çalık and Medya AŞ Chairman Murat Ongun, attended the hearing held by the Istanbul 33rd High Criminal Court in the hall opposite the Marmara Closed Penal Institution. Relatives of the defendants were present as spectators at the hearing, where some undetained defendants and their lawyers were also present. The hearing continues with the defense of the defendants being taken into custody.
On the other hand, the trial of 4 defendants, including Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was suspended from his duty as the Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) after his arrest, for "espionage" by the Istanbul 25th High Criminal Court is being held in a different courtroom opposite the Marmara Closed Penal Institution.
The 'Corruption' investigation against Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was suspended from his post as the Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and arrested, was completed and a 3,809-page indictment was prepared on November 11, 2025.
Ekrem İmamoğlu, who is mentioned as the 'organization leader' in the indictment; 'Establishing an organization for the purpose of committing a crime', 'Bribery', 'Laundering of proceeds of crime', 'Fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations', 'Recording personal data', 'Seizing and disseminating personal data', 'Hiding evidence of crime', 'Obstructing communications', 'Damaging public property', 'Taking bribes', 'Disseminating misleading information to the public', 'Extortion', 'Property resulting from crime' It was claimed that he committed the crimes of "laundering values", "tender rigging", "deliberate pollution of the environment", "opposition to the tax procedure law", "opposition to the forest law" and "opposition to the mining law". It is requested that İmamoğlu be sentenced to imprisonment from 828 years and 2 months to 2,352 years for 142 actions.
'MY EXPRESSIONS OF ACTIVE REGRET ARE VALID'
Remzi Baka, an unarrested defendant businessman who benefited from effective remorse provisions, said in his defense that "your previous statements are valid." The hearing prosecutor said, "You made statements at the prosecutor's office. There is a check issue given to Soytekin's company, around 5 million TL. What is this relationship?" he asked. Baka said, "We gave it for the construction of a nursery." The prosecutor asked, "What did you build the nursery for? Why was it requested from you?" Baka answered the question: "We were doing business for charity purposes, too, at the Metropolitan Municipality. We did it for charity purposes at that time." The prosecutor said, "You mentioned İbrahim Bülbüllü, there was a money given, 380 million TL. How did this process take place, what was it given in return, under what conditions was it received?" Baka said, "For the work we did at that time." The prosecutor then asked, "Which works?" Baka answered the question: "There were tenders we received, related to these."
FROM THE INDICTMENT
In the indictment prepared by the Organized Crimes Investigation Bureau of the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the Civil Inspection Board Presidency is included as the "informer", the Ministries of Treasury and Finance, Internal Affairs, Energy and Natural Resources, Agriculture and Forestry, the Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and the Şişli Municipality are listed as the "damaged by the crime". In the indictment, there are a total of 407 people as "defendants", including 16 "complainants", 7 fugitives, and 5 "complainants-defendants".
In the indictment, which describes the activities of the criminal organization since its establishment in 2014, it is evaluated that "the public damage caused by the benefit obtained in relation to the 143 acts subject to the indictment is approximately 160 billion lira and 24 million dollars in total as of the dates of the crime (excluding the current value), and in real estate, it consists of 95 immovable properties in Istanbul and throughout the country (excluding the assets obtained by the ringleaders and managers of the organization from the proceeds of crime)."
In the organizational chart in the indictment, it is stated that the defendant Ekrem İmamoğlu is the "organization leader", and the defendants Murat Ongun, Fatih Keleş, Adem Soytekin, Ertan Yıldız, Hüseyin Gün and the fugitive defendant Murat Gülibrahimoğlu are the "organization manager".
In the diagram, it is stated that 10 organization members are directly affiliated with Ekrem İmamoğlu, and it is shown that 77 of the organization members are affiliated with Fatih Keleş, 35 with Murat Ongun, 8 with Ertan Yıldız, 7 with Hüseyin Gün, 6 with Murat Gülibrahimoğlu and 6 with Adem Soytekin.
In the indictment, Ekrem İmamoğlu was accused of "establishing an organization for the purpose of committing a crime", "recording personal data", "seizing and disseminating personal data", "concealing evidence of crime", "obstructing communication", "damaging public property", "bribery", "publicly disseminating misleading information", "extortion", "fraud to the detriment of the public, institutions and organizations", "laundering assets resulting from crime", "tendering". It is requested that he be sentenced to imprisonment for a total of 849 years to 2,430 years and 6 months for the crimes of "sedition", "deliberate pollution of the environment", "opposition to the Tax Procedure Law", "opposition to the Forest Law" and "opposition to the Mining Law".
In the indictment, Keleş was accused of "bribery", "receiving a bribe" and "giving a bribe" 48 times, "tender rigging" 55 times, "fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations" 39 times, "laundering proceeds of crime" 8 times, "opposition to the Mining Law", "opposition to the Forest Law", "causing environmental pollution", "opposition to the Tax Procedure Law", It is requested that he be sentenced to imprisonment from 556 years and 8 months to 1542 years and 8 months for the crimes of "extortion", "destroying, concealing or altering criminal evidence" and "obstruction of communication".
In the indictment, which demands that Ongun be sentenced to imprisonment from 287 years and 6 months to 779 years and 6 months for the crimes of "bribery" and 53 times "tender rigging", 33 times "fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations", "giving personal data to others, disseminating or seizing personal data", "publicly disseminating misleading information" and "laundering proceeds of crime", Yıldız is accused of "bribery" and "tender bidding". A prison sentence of 86 to 251 years is foreseen for the crimes of "sedition" and "fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations".
In the indictment, it was requested that Soytekin be sentenced to imprisonment from 67 to 194 years for the crimes of "bribery", "chain bribery", "extortion" and "laundering of proceeds of crime", while Gülibrahimoğlu was charged with "fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations", "laundering of proceeds of crime", "forgery of documents", "opposition to the Mining Law", "opposition to the Forest Law", "environment He is asked to be sentenced to imprisonment from 19 years and 6 months to 51 years for the crimes of "causing pollution" and "violating the Tax Procedure Law".
In the indictment demanding Gün's imprisonment from 20 to 40 years for the crimes of "establishing an organization for the purpose of committing a crime" and "giving personal data to someone else, disseminating or seizing", it is stated that these defendants, who are the managers of the organization, should be punished separately as perpetrators for all crimes committed within the framework of the activities of their affiliated structures of the organization.
In the indictment, it is requested that the provisions of "effective repentance" be applied to the defendants Adem Soytekin, Hüseyin Gün and Ertan Yıldız, the organization's managers, who gave information about the crimes committed within the framework of the structure and activities of the organization after they were caught.
In the indictment demanding a prison sentence of 35 to 91 years in total for Şişli Mayor Resul Emrah Şahan, who was suspended from his duty after his arrest, for the crimes of "taking bribe" 5 times, "extortion" 2 times, "illegal recording of personal data", "illegal giving or obtaining of personal data" and "being a member of an organization established for the purpose of committing a crime", Beylikdüzü Mayor Mehmet Murat, who was suspended from his duty after his arrest. It is requested that Çalık be sentenced to a total of 30 to 88 years in prison for 7 counts of "taking bribes" and "being a member of an organization established for the purpose of committing crimes".
COMBINED FILE
The indictment prepared against 7 defendants, including İnan Güney, who was suspended from his post as Beyoğlu Mayor, was also combined with this case.
In the indictment, the defendants İnan Güney, İsmail Akkaya, Seyhan Özcan, Veysel Eren Güven, Sabriye Akkaya, Mehmet Akif Bulut and Deniz Göleli are asked to be sentenced to imprisonment from 9 years and 8 months to 31 years and 8 months each for the crimes of "aiding an organization established for the purpose of committing a crime without being a member" and "fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations".
SECOND MERGE FILE
The investigation carried out on the allegation that the tenders were rigged by irregularly operating a fictional tender system through Ağaç ve Peyzaj AŞ was completed and the indictment prepared against 29 defendants was combined with this case.
Defendants Ekrem İmamoğlu, Fatih Keleş and Ali Sukas are asked to be sentenced to 62 to 168 years in prison each for the crimes of "tender rigging", "forgery of official documents", "taking and giving bribes" and "intermediating bribery", while the other 26 defendants are asked to be sentenced to prison terms ranging from 3 to 168 years for the same crimes.
