A large amount of gold and money was found in the house of the vice president appointed by the Esenyurt trustee: He sent 212 million to his sister!

Foreign currency, gold, jewelry, watches and weapons were found in the house of Yusuf Ulutaş, who was the deputy mayor of Esenyurt Municipality under the trustee administration and was detained during the investigation into allegations of bribery and tender rigging. In the MASAK report, it was stated that Ulutaş had a transaction volume exceeding 212 million lira with his sister.

A search was carried out at the house of Ulutaş, who was detained within the scope of the investigation carried out in Esenyurt Municipality, alleging that some tenders were rigged and bribes were taken through progress payments.

During the search, 450 thousand 854 dollars, 31 thousand 815 euros and 2 million 580 thousand liras, as well as 35 bracelets, 36 necklaces, 42 earrings, 17 rings, 9 bracelets, 4 watches, 2 Rolex brand watches and various jewelry were seized. It was also stated that there were 3 guns in the house, one of which was unlicensed.

20 PERCENT CLAIM IN TENDERS

According to the news of Halk TV, the investigation was launched upon allegations that some tenders in Esenyurt Municipality were organized to be awarded to certain companies and that the companies receiving the tenders were asked for an average of 20 percent of the progress payments.

As part of the investigation, the statements of three secret witnesses were taken. It was stated that secret witnesses gave similar statements and submitted audio recordings to the file.

In one of the records, it was claimed that Erhan T, the owner of the company named Topraköz, told that he gave 3 million liras to the nephew of ASM Construction official Salih Y in a patisserie in Seyrantepe, Esenyurt, in order to receive progress payments.

It was claimed that another secret witness submitted a voice recording to the file containing statements that Erhan T gave money to Yusuf Ulutaş through Salih Y., the owner of ASM company.

CASH WITHDRAWED AFTER PROGRESSING PAYMENTS

The progress payments made to Namık Çebi İnşaat were also examined in the investigation. It was determined that amounts corresponding to approximately 20 percent of the payments were withdrawn in cash on the same day or one day after the progress payments were deposited into the company account.

It was stated that the company employees who withdrew the money soon gave signals from the same base stations as the people who were alleged to be intermediaries in delivering the bribe money to Ulutaş, and that these people were also in the same region as Ulutaş.

It was reported that similar withdrawal transactions and HTS-base matches were detected in approximately 15 transactions related to Namık Çebi İnşaat on different dates.

7 TAPE RECORDINGS ON FILE

In the file, it was stated that the measure of detection of communication was implemented within the scope of Article 135 of the Criminal Code and that seven tape recordings have been included in the investigation file so far. It was reported that the recordings included conversations regarding allegations that there was a bribery network in Esenyurt Municipality.

Namık Çebi Construction official Namık Ç. with Erkan Ç. It was reported that in a meeting between Erkan Ç., Erkan Ç talked about a parking lot tender in Bağcılar Municipality, and Namık Ç said that he did not want to enter the municipality job again, that he was said to be "strong" in Esenyurt, but that he "got carried away" here.

It was stated that former Deputy Mayor Ümit Ü, in his speech regarding a company that won the asphalt tender, claimed that there was previous acquaintance between the company and Ulutaş and that the company was "feeding Ulutaş".

Ümit Ü. with Bekir Ç. In another conversation between the two, Bekir Ç asked "who is the key" for a job in Esenyurt, and Ümit Ü said, "Yusuf Ulutaş is the key to the municipality, he is the key to Can, Yusuf is the money."

TRANSACTION VOLUME OF 212 MILLION LIRAS WITH HIS SISTER

The MASAK report included in the investigation file also included the increase in Ulutaş's money transfers. According to the report, Ulutaş's transaction volume reached 231 million 26 thousand 362 lira in 2025.

In the report, it was stated that the person with whom Ulutaş had the highest transaction volume was his sister Tuba Ulutaş Şenyürek. It was recorded that the transaction volume between the two was 212 million 155 thousand 533 liras.

It was stated that the money entered into Şenyürek's account was mostly deposited in cash by Yusuf Ulutaş, and then Şenyürek withdrew cash again. It was also included in the report that Şenyürek, who was stated to be a THY employee, did not have an income commensurate with the money movements in his account.

It was also stated in the MASAK report that the total of the progress payments paid to the companies from which Ulutaş allegedly demanded bribes was 248 million 56 thousand 808 liras. It was also evaluated that the transaction volume of 212 million 155 thousand 533 lira with his sister was compatible with this amount.