The investigation carried out in Istanbul within the scope of the crime of 'laundering property values arising from crime' extended to Mustafa Sarıgül's family and close circle.
While the investigation was ongoing, there were developments that would be talked about a lot. One of these was the 'sexual assault' allegation against Mustafa Sarıgül.
Mustafa Sarıgül's son Emir Sarıgül, who was arrested within the scope of the investigation, made remarkable confessions about his father Mustafa Sarıgül and New Party Chairman Özgür Özel.
CNN TÜRK Reporter Serdar Er shared the details of Emir Sarıgül's statement. Serdar Er stated the following:
Now Emir Sarıgül's statement has been revealed, there is a lot of curiosity about what is said, you can give the details. Emrah, we actually need to state the important point first. Namely, Emir Sarıgül does not explain these details in his first statement. In other words, he gives these details in his additional statement after he goes to prison.
"MY FATHER GAVE 350 THOUSAND DOLLARS BRIBE TO ÖZGÜR ÖZEL"
An important information: The phrase "My father bribed Özgür Özel with 350 thousand dollars and gave him money" is actually written right at the beginning of our chart. So how do these stages occur, Emrah?
Firstly, Emir Sarıgül states that during the establishment phase of the New Party, he gave approximately 250 thousand dollars for the works of that building. Of course, he describes that incident as follows: He says, "I know that he left it in the car belonging to Özgür Özel after leaving a restaurant in Ümitköy, Ankara." His father, Mustafa Sarıgül, is a member of parliament from Erzincan. He states that his father left it in New Party Chairman Özgür Özel's car after leaving a restaurant in Ankara. He says that my father himself left 250 thousand dollars in the back of Özgür Özel's car at the exit of the restaurant, and he told me this directly.
This incident is not the first; He is talking about another event in this additional statement. In his additional statement, Emir Sarıgül explains that approximately 100 thousand dollars of money was delivered to Özgür Özel in a gift package. In this, he is talking about the past month, that is, if we consider that the date he gave the statement was a few days ago, he uses the expression last month and says the following: Mustafa Sarıgül told me that Özgür Özel was given 100 thousand dollars in cash, meaning his father.
100 THOUSAND DOLLARS WITH GIFT PACKAGE MADE WITH SCARF
Namely, at that time, my father told me that Özgür Özel was coming to the house in Ankara for dinner, and my father told me to buy two scarves. Emrah states that he bought it from a famous brand in İstinye Park, and that the scarves were gift-wrapped and his father placed 100 thousand dollars in pieces and gave that money to Özgür Özel in a gift package.
Here, he gives the names of the guests and states that Ulus Pilatin, at his guests' house, put this package, the gift package containing this scarf, into 100 thousand dollars and delivered it to Özgür Özel. "There were scarves in the box as well as money, and then we brought them as a gift package," he explains. Of course, this is an incident described in the additional statement.
REQUESTED PROTECTION
There are other important headlines. Namely, after explaining these in this additional statement, he also requests protection. So, who does he fear and ask for protection from? This is a big question mark, but at this point, with these statements, Emir Sarıgül has actually put Mustafa Sarıgül in a difficult situation, in another dimension. Because at this point, he confesses to the New Party chairman that his father directly bribed him, and another striking detail in this additional statement is that he requested close protection.
In this statement, he again states that his child is being cared for by the mother of his two children, that his wife is abroad, and requests both his release and protection. These were also one of the prominent headlines.
ALLEGED FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING
Of course, it should also be noted that how do we talk about this incident regarding the Sarıgül family? There were two people in Germany and they filed a complaint. Namely, it was first revealed that they sent a file to journalist Murat Ağırel, and there were million-dollar transactions and allegations against the Sarıgül family, fraud and money laundering.
Emir Sarıgül was another name among the two people who were the address of those accusations, but all this is not independent of the name Mustafa Sarıgül. So why is Mustafa Sarıgül still outside? Mustafa Sarıgül's name is also mentioned among the allegations, whether because he is a member of parliament or because he has immunity, or because of all these fraud and money laundering crimes.
This is why no action was taken against Mustafa Sarıgül. In other words, Mustafa Sarıgül's name is actually mentioned in the file in which Emir Sarıgül is detained, we should also mention this. There are transactions worth 80 million euros and 100 million euros. Of course, what will be done to reveal all of these? Of course, account movements will be examined.
