The court statement of former minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya, who was summoned to testify as a "suspect" within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Terrorism Financing and Laundering Crimes Investigation Bureau into capital markets transactions, and who was arrested by the Criminal Judgeship of Peace for the crimes of "being a member of a criminal organization" and "opposition to the CMB Law", has been revealed.
"MY MONTHLY INCOME IS 500 THOUSAND LIRA"
Claiming that he has a monthly income of 500 thousand liras, Kaya said, "I do not accept the accusations, I am innocent. I have seen the referral letter from the prosecutor's office. It says that I had intensive meetings with the TERA management, but I definitely did not have such a meeting. If I made such a statement, I would like to see it." he said and made the following claim:
"I have met Emre Tezmen once in my life. The person named Erdin Özel was suggested to me by politicians to be my assistant. However, he has never been my assistant. All the meetings I have had with him are politically motivated meetings. I have never had a meeting with him regarding TERA or my transactions in the stock market. In other words, I do not accept the accusation of being a member of the organization. I demand my release."
In his statement, Kaya also stated his claims about the stock market gain of over 2 billion lira, which he achieved with an investment of 163 million lira.
“I STAYED AWAY FROM THE STOCK EXCHANGE”
Claiming that the meeting with Erdin Özel mentioned in his statement to the prosecutor's office was an acquaintance meeting that took place as a result of Özel's proposal to him, Kaya continued his statement as follows:
"I had heard of him, but I did not know him personally until that day. Since it was an introductory meeting, I asked him what he did. He told me that he was in the management of TERA Holding. Since I did not know TERA Holding, I asked, 'What does TERA Holding do?' He told me that they were a stock brokerage firm and that they also invested in different sectors.
-I did not have a stock market account until that day. I have always said that I have nothing to do with the stock market because I am a politician. Our introductory meeting ended like that. Since I also studied economics during my university years, I understand the stock market, but I always preferred to stay away due to my political identity.
“WE WANTED TO EVALUATE OUR SAVINGS WITH MY WIFE”
"My wife and I had some savings. We wanted to evaluate this accumulation. "After what Mr. Erdin said and what I heard from many politicians around me, that the stock market is an investment tool, that it is regulated by institutions such as CMB and BRSA, that everyone invests and that there is no problem, my wife and I made an investment in this direction."
