The detained defendant Bahçetepe, some unarrested defendants and their lawyers attended the hearing at the Istanbul 10th High Criminal Court. The president of the court stated that some lawyers presented excuses and therefore the verdict would not be announced in this hearing.
Bahçetepe, who was given the floor to defend himself, said that he would repeat the defenses he made in the previous hearing.
Claiming that there was no concrete evidence against him and no statements given against him, Bahçetepe requested his release and acquittal.
The defendant's lawyers also requested that a decision be made regarding the detention and the release of their clients in this hearing.
Announcing its interim decision, the court ruled to file a criminal complaint against the lawyers who did not attend the hearing in the next hearing. The hearing was postponed to November 6 due to missing matters.
FROM THE INDICTMENT
While the indictment prepared by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office includes 2 separate actions, in the evaluation of the first action, it is stated that Seza Büyükçulha and Baki Aydöner are also included as defendants in the "Ekrem İmamoğlu profit-oriented criminal organization" case.
Considering the crimes charged against Aydöner in this case and the actions in which the defendant was involved, the indictment states that although he did not have a position at Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, he used the power he had to gain unfair advantage by using his closeness to İmamoğlu. It is claimed that the defendant met with the contractors and had their receivables collected from the municipality and received financial benefits in return.
In the indictment, it is noted that the defendant used a vehicle registered in the name of Aziz İhsan Aktaş's company, free of charge, and that Aktaş made a kind of gesture by giving him 100 thousand dollars after meeting the defendant. "Aziz İhsan Aktaş also strengthened his relationship by making financial gestures to these people after establishing contact with influential people in the CHP and IMM, and tried to solve his problems and get new tenders by entering into financial relations with these people, both in the case in which he was tried and in the case of 'Ekrem. "It was put forward in the case where İmamoğlu profit-oriented criminal organization is being tried." statements are included.
The indictment states that Aziz İhsan Aktaş met Baki Aydöner and Ertan Yıldız through Burak Korzay, and it is claimed that he aimed to solve their businesses and problems by meeting the financial demands of these people.
In the indictment, although the defendant Aydöner stated in his defense that he rented the vehicle but returned it because an invoice was not given, the indictment states that in addition to his CHP political identity, he also has a tradesman identity from his family and that he, like everyone else, is in a position to know the procedures of renting a vehicle, and continues as follows:
"Therefore, his statements about the unfair benefits he received from Aziz İhsan Aktaş were not taken into consideration, it was understood that the suspect acted with the aim of solving problems in CHP municipalities and gaining profit from people and contractors who requested the municipality, and that the suspect Seza Büyükçulha gained influence by using his close friendship with İmamoğlu, and tried to meet the demands and solve the affairs of the people who requested the CHP municipalities. Therefore, although the suspects Baki Aydöner and Seza Büyükçulha "Although they do not have the direct authority to issue permits and business licenses, it has been observed that they have the influence to obtain these permits."
Aziz İhsan Aktaş, who is on trial for the crimes of "establishing a criminal organization for profit purposes", "rigging a tender", "rigging the performance of an act", "bribery", "forgery of official documents", "forgery of private documents", "laundering property values resulting from crime", "opposition to the Tax Procedure Law", is stated to have made sincere statements by showing effective remorse during the investigation phase, and the mayors who demanded money from him and the mayors who demanded money from him. It is noted that he shared what he knew about his contacts with the chief prosecutor's office, tried to concretize his actions of giving money with receipts and dates, and that the statement taken in this context was seen to be compatible with the determined issues.
CRIMINAL REQUESTS
In the indictment, it is requested that the defendant Hakan Bahçetepe be punished with imprisonment from 10 to 24 years for the crimes of "illegal acquisition of property", "laundering of assets resulting from crime" and "taking bribe".
Other defendants Gürkan Dölekli, Baki Aydöner, Özer Ayık, Seza Büyükçulha, Erdal Celal Aksoy, Gözde Bahçetepe and Aziz Lal are requested to be sentenced to prison terms ranging from 3 to 24 years for crimes such as "taking bribes", "giving bribes", "intermediating bribes", "laundering assets resulting from crime".
In the indictment, "Since the suspect Aziz İhsan Aktaş reported and informed our Chief Public Prosecutor's Office about the acts of bribery to both Hakan Bahçetepe and Erdal Celal Aksoy before the investigation started, it is requested to decide that there is no need to apply the provisions of Article 254/2 of the Turkish Penal Code No. 5237 on the suspect Aziz İhsan Aktaş and to impose a penalty on the suspect." expressions were used.
