The detained defendant, former Ankara Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor Şadan Sakınan, his lawyers and witnesses attended the hearing, which was held in the 3rd Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeals as the court of first instance.
S.S., who was heard as a witness at the hearing, said that he knew Sakınan when he worked as the clerk of former Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor Harun Kodalak at the Ankara Courthouse. Stating that the investigation into the claim that FETO members had previously obtained the 2010 Public Personnel Selection Examination (KPSS) questions was carried out by Sakınan, S.S. stated that he did not have any information about the conduct of the investigation.
Witness İ.D. He explained that he met Sakınan in 1994 in the province where he served as a judge, and noted that they attended meetings called "chats" together once or twice. İ.D. said, "I heard that Şadan Bey kept his distance from the community after going to Ankara."
Following the witness statements, the public prosecutor requested the continuation of Sakınan's detention on the grounds that there was an upper limit of the sentence for the crime charged and that there was suspicion of escape.
Defendant Sakınan stated that he never had the will to escape and reminded that he was caught at his home. The abstainer requested his release.
The 3rd Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeals decided to continue the detention of the defendant Şadan Sakınan and postponed the hearing to January 14, 2027.
'THE PAST OF THE EVENT'
In the statement made by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was stated that Sakınan, who previously served as the deputy chief prosecutor of Ankara and Konya, manipulated the investigations carried out by FETO regarding illegally obtaining and distributing KPSS questions to the members of the organization and placing these people in public institutions, in line with the orders and instructions of the organization. It was stated that Sakınan abused his position by hiding or destroying information and documents. In the statement, it was noted that Sakınan was captured in Çankaya upon the instructions of the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, for the purpose of executing a total of 5 separate arrest warrants issued by the Ankara 16th High Criminal Court and the 5th Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeals for the crimes of being a member of FETO and abuse of office.
In the statement, the following was noted:
"As a result of the coordinated work carried out by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office with the Ankara Provincial Police Department to determine the hiding place of Şadan Sakınan, who is wanted in the gray category, it was determined that there were secret compartments and more than one digital material and a large amount of money in the residence for the purpose of hiding and hiding organizational crime items. Based on this, detention, search and seizure measures were also taken by our Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against the fugitive export prosecutor Şadan Sakınan, who used the residence where he was hiding as the cell house of the organization and continued his organizational activities, due to the current action situation. "An investigation has also been initiated."
