Release decision for former MKE President İsmet Sayhan

The hearing of the 'military espionage' case against 'ASSAN Group', in which 5 defendants, including former MKE President İsmet Sayhan, were tried for the crimes of 'Using documents related to the security of the State for purposes other than their intended purpose, obtaining and stealing them by fraud', with a prison sentence ranging from 10 to 36 years, continued. The unarrested defendants Mesut Ateş, Emin Öner and Gürcan Okumuş and the party lawyers attended the hearing held at the Istanbul 28th High Criminal Court. The detained defendant İsmet Sayhan was connected to the hearing via SEGBİS (Audio and Visual Information System).

THEY WANTED JUDICIAL CONTROLS TO BE REMOVED

In his defense, the unarrested defendant Mesut Ateş said, "I am under house arrest with handcuffs. I had some health problems. I went to the hospital with permission, but I am afraid that there will be a problem and I will not be able to go. I demand that my house arrest be lifted." Unarrested defendant Emin Öner demanded that the house arrest judicial control measure be abolished. Öner also demanded that the measure on his personal assets and the trusteeship on his companies be lifted. Unarrested defendant Gürcan Okumuş said, "I live in a rented house, I am the father of two children. I already get nervous when I think about working in the defense industry while such a case is ongoing. I have worked as a manager for a very long time. For this reason, it is not possible for me to work as an engineer. Nobody works with a manager who has a ban on going abroad. I am experiencing great victimization. I demand both the lifting of my travel ban and my acquittal afterwards."

'I DEMAND MY RELEASE'

Detained defendant İsmet Sayhan said, "I have made detailed statements before, but I will make a short statement. In the indictment, the names of each defendant are stated and the crimes and actions attributed to those defendants are stated separately. 4 situations were determined regarding me by taking the petition of Makine ve Kimya AŞ. The prosecution also took the 4 situations in question. These 4 situations cannot be evaluated within the scope of Article 326 of the Turkish Penal Code. In this context, they do not constitute a crime in any way." "It is not possible. All the evidence regarding the accusations against me has been collected. I request my release."

IT WAS DECIDED TO RELEASE İSMET SAYHAN

The court board decided to release the detained defendant İsmet Sayhan and postponed the hearing to a later date.