The investigation against Arıboğan by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding FETO's "fixing match in football" conspiracy has been completed. A prison sentence of 2 years to 6 months to 5 years was requested for Arıboğan for the crime of "knowingly and willingly aiding the FETO armed terrorist organization, although he is not a member of it". The indictment was sent to Istanbul 25th High Criminal Court for evaluation.
On the other hand, a decision of non-prosecution was given for the suspects who were investigated: Ahmet Gülüm, İlhan Helvacı and Ebru Köksal.
DETAILS OF THE INDICTMENT HAVE BEEN CLEARED
In the prepared indictment, Fenerbahçe Sports Club was listed as "the victim of the crime" and lawyers Ali Alper Alpoğlu and Şekip Mosturoğlu were listed as "complainants".
In the indictment, it was stated that Lütfi Arıboğan served as the 1st Vice President and Executive Board Member of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) between 2011 and 2012, and that he carried out sports investigations on behalf of the TFF, which were a reflection of the investigation publicly known as the "2011 Match-fixing Operation in Football" on the federation.
During the period in question, Mehmet Berk, the export prosecutor who was in the media branch of the FETO/PDY terrorist organization, who was involved in media activities in Taraf newspaper, the organization's media organ, which came to the fore by supplying documents to public officials who were members of the organization in investigations carried out irregularly by the organization such as "Ergenekon, Sledgehammer, Match-fixing case" in the past, who was convicted by the Mersin 2nd High Criminal Court for the crime of "being a member of the FETO/PDY terrorist organization", and who also carried out the so-called match-fixing investigation. It was stated that a total of 101 HTS contacts were detected between 13 July 2011 and 6 December 2012 between Mehmet Baransu, who was found to have had 15 contacts with export police chief Mutlu Ekizoğlu and 1 contact.
EMAIL SENT FROM LÜTFİ ARIBOĞAN TO MEHMET BARANSU
In the indictment, it was stated that Arıboğan first sent the content with the attachment titled "Police Directorate letter and name list" related to the so-called match-fixing investigation to his personal address from the corporate e-mail address "[email protected]" on December 4, 2011, and then sent it along with the attached file named "magicolor..pdf" to the e-mail address used by Baransu on December 7, 2011.
It was reported that the phone used by Arıboğan was found to be in contact with dismissed police chief Mutlu Ekizoğlu, one of the suspects in the Match-fixing Conspiracy Case, 83 times between July 4, 2011 and June 17, 2014, with security officer Bülent Özoğlu 12 times between April 9, 2011 and April 2, 2012, and with Chief Superintendent Soner Koç twice in 2011.
In the indictment, it is stated that "in the period after the so-called match-fixing operation of July 3, 2011, he was a member of the delegation that met with UEFA Chief Inspector Pierre Cornu in the city of Nyon on July 18, 2011, as a TFF official, to evaluate the so-called match-fixing investigation, and in the witness statements of the then TFF Legal Counselor Levent Polat and the then TFF Board Member Responsible for Legal Affairs Yunus Egemenoğlu, the meeting in question in Nyon was only obtained from the press." He stated that they shared the information they received with UEFA." statements were included.
In the indictment, it was stated that, in line with the evidence and findings, Arıboğan, in his capacity as "TFF Deputy President", directed the sports investigation on behalf of TFF, which was the reflection of the so-called match-fixing investigation in the federation, and that he was in contact with Mehmet Baransu, who was the press officer of the organization during the said period, and members of the police and judiciary of the period who worked in the so-called match-fixing investigation and whose connections with FETO were later determined.
It is pointed out in the indictment that by sharing information and documents regarding this investigation with Baransu, Baransu helped create public opinion for the benefit of the organization against Fenerbahçe Sports Club, which was the target of the organization about the match-fixing process, through the press, and it was emphasized that the articles and news in the press were used as evidence in the sports investigations carried out by TFF and UEFA.
IN THE INDICTMENT, IT WAS DETECTED THAT FENERBAHÇE WAS DAMAGED
In the indictment, the following was noted: "As a matter of fact, the TFF decided to ban Fenerbahçe Sports Club from participating in the 2011-2012 UEFA Champions League, Fenerbahçe Sports Club was prevented from participating in the UEFA Champions League due to this decision and suffered great losses by being deprived of the financial income it would have earned, and although no concrete determination was found that the suspect had an organic connection with FETO/PDY, the suspect Lütfi Arıboğan "It has been understood that he committed the crime of aiding the FETO/PDY Armed Terrorist Organization, which he was charged with, by managing the sports investigations, which are the reflection of the 'Fixing Match-Fitting Investigation in Football' within the TFF, and the negotiations with UEFA, in line with the interests of the FETO/PDY Armed Terrorist Organization."
