Gaziosmanpaşa Municipality case. Mayor Hakan Bahçetepe's release was requested

The prosecutor announced his opinion in the Gaziosmanpaşa Municipality case.

The release of Gaziosmanpaşa Mayor Hakan Bahçetepe, who has been detained for approximately 16 months, was requested.

WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE CASE

Bahçetepe is accused of laundering assets resulting from crime, illegally acquiring property through bribery, and smuggling or concealing property. It is requested that the CHP leader be sentenced to up to 24 years in prison.

In the indictment, Aziz Lal, Aziz İhsan Aktaş, Baki Aydöner, Erdal Celal Aksoy, Gözde Bahçetepe, Gürkan Dölekli, Hakan Bahçetepe, Seza Büyükçulha and Özer Ayık are listed as suspects.

Again, the indictment includes Aziz İhsan Aktaş's statement, taken within the scope of effective repentance provisions.

Accordingly, Aktaş claimed that Hakan Bahçetepe was given 300 thousand dollars through Özer Ayık in order to obtain an excavation permit from Gaziosmanpaşa Municipality.

Bahçetepe, on the other hand, denied the accusations and argued that he did not know Aziz İhsan Aktaş, that the excavation permit was received unanimously by the municipal council and the relevant commissions, and that the allegations of bribery did not reflect the truth.