Don't you understand at all, son? Man knows what he's going through!

We think if no one knows, it won't be heard. However, what is not heard is what everyone knows.

We wrote our first book with Barış Pehlivan, the writer of our newspaper, in prison 14 years ago. It was about Wikileaks documents leaked from the US State Department. Thus the Leak book was born. Then... On 17-25 December 2013, a fight began between AKP and FETO, partners of many years. We focused on this issue and wrote Mahrem by selecting from more than 250 thousand documents. It came out 11 years ago, in 2015.

However, one detail that caught our attention was that there were exactly 54 Sarıgül documents. The US Department of State was questioning whether he could be a leader with a possibility of power after Erdogan, rather than the mayor of a district of Istanbul. When we read these 54 documents in those years, we actually came across the picture where "everyone knows everything".

Actually, I mean "everyone knew"...

Consider that Baykal, who had criticized Sarıgül in the past, said the following while giving him the CHP badge again on December 11, 2002: "He is a very dynamic, fireball-like, brilliant, very popular mayor." Two years later, the same Baykal tried to expel Sarıgül by accusing him of involving bribery in Şişli and CHP. For this purpose, he went to the congress, re-determined the disciplinary board and liquidated Sarıgül after a congress in which he accused him of corruption. First DSP, then TDH... After the amnesty petition he submitted in 2013, Sarıgül returned to CHP with the decision taken by the majority of the PM votes during the Kılıçdaroğlu period. Last week we talked with İlhan Cihaner, who was in the PM at that time. He explained that Sarıgül's corruption files were discussed in the PM that day, but only 11 votes were cast against him, including himself. Just a year later, he became CHP's candidate for Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. He could not be elected, but in this process, some district administrations of CHP, especially Beşiktaş, were run by his men. Then... Sarıgül tried his luck once again by establishing the TDP, but it did not work. In 2023, he went to CHP again. He was made a member of parliament by the Kılıçdaroğlu administration. While the party was divided, he became a traveling companion with Özgür Özel and was among the founders of the NEW Party.

FETO KNOWS BEFORE CHP

In short...

During the Baykal period, during the Kılıçdaroğlu period, during the Özel period... Sarıgül was accused of corruption by her own party. However, despite this, he was invited to the party every time and was made a mayoral candidate, a member of parliament, and a founder. So the problem was not whether we knew or not. It was in the dirty world where political barons were charting a path for the opposition. Do you remember? While CHP members were wondering who our Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality candidate would be in the 2014 elections, we listened to the phone recording in which Samanyolu Publishing Group President Hidayet Karaca had already informed Fethullah Gülen:

"Aydın Ayaydın came. He is the deputy chairman of the CHP. He conveyed his greetings and regards. He expressed his wishes to get well soon. And he also said about Mustafa Sarıgül's candidacy, 'Sarıgül has made his application, it is in the pocket of the chairman.' He said, 'On the 3rd of the month, his candidacy will come to the party assembly and it will be accepted. His candidacy is final.'"

FETO leader knew in advance what CHP members did not know!

USA NOTED CORRUPTION

Let's talk about US documents.

Date: April 23, 2004.

US Ambassador to Ankara Eric Edelman sent the following note to Washington:

"A contact from the financial sector, with whom we have been in contact for a long time, told us the details of a major corruption in Sarıgül's past. Sarıgül 'shaken up' a business consortium using the Cevahir mafia group."

In the crypto dated November 19, 2004, Acting Consul General Stuart Smith wrote the following:

"(...) On November 16, CHP general secretary stated that internal party investigations revealed allegations of corruption against Şişli Mayor Mustafa Sarıgül. According to the prepared report, Sarıgül received a bribe of 300 thousand dollars years ago to allow illegal construction in Şişli, and as a result, it is recommended that he be expelled from his party. (...) Both the Consulate in Istanbul and the embassy in Ankara received intelligence about Sarıgül's corruption and smelly business relations."

PRIME MINISTER CANDIDATE UNDER ERDOĞAN'S LEADERSHIP

The crypto dated January 28, 2005, signed by US Embassy Charge d'Affaires Robert Deutsch, also focuses on the same issue: "Many of our sources reporting from within the CHP do not like Baykal's authoritarian leadership and believe that it harms the party. However, they do not trust Sarıgül, whom they see as corrupt, uneducated and authoritarian." In the documents, Sarıgül is constantly read as a leader seeking permission from the United States. For example, Consul General Jones noted his meeting with Sarıgül on December 11, 2006 as follows:

"Sarıgül said that he would not have a problem with Erdoğan's presidency as long as it was balanced with his choice as prime minister."

HARASSMENT ACCUSE IN THE USA

Sarıgül received a US visa during the years he appeared against Baykal. He held a series of meetings with the US State Department. This was a preparation process for leadership. However... The official translator assigned to him there filed a complaint against Sarıgül on the grounds that he was harassed.

In the document dated December 11, 2006, the US consul general described his meeting with Sarıgül as follows: "According to his statement, during his visit, a translator from the US State Department filed a complaint against Sarıgül and he lost the CHP presidency by 100 votes."

According to Sarıgül, the USA gave up on him because of this incident!

US cryptos tell us what happened when Sarıgül did not receive the support he expected from the US to take over the country:

"Sarigül, who has been eagerly waiting for a positive sign from the United States so that he can further his aspirations, was undoubtedly disappointed when we refused to support his political expectations by simply promoting a dynamic pluralist politics in Türkiye."

SARIGÜL FILES STORED BY AKP

We see in the US cryptos, as explained by one of Erdoğan's advisors, that criticizing Sarıgül is not welcome in the AKP. Because it is written in the cryptographs that he was one of the names who called and supported Erdoğan's family while he was in prison, and then asked how they were doing from time to time. In fact, Sarıgül, who was a party to the heaviest conflicts in the CHP, did not engage in any harsh fights with the political power. In fact, he was remembered in politics with the image of him catching his rival Kadir Topbaş at a funeral, hugging him from the back and kissing his earlobe.

So why? Why didn't Sarıgül ever scare the AKP? Or why hasn't it turned into a meaningful alternative for the United States?

The answer to this is given in crypto from the mouth of an AKP MKYK member, dated January 21, 2010:

"In a recent meeting, AKP Central Decision Board member Nebati whispered that if Sarıgül becomes a threat, they have a 'huge' file that will prove their corruption and womanizing."

As a result, Ambassador Eric Edelman, known for his outspokenness in US documents, made the following conclusion about Sarıgül:

"CHP's leader Baykal is a loser. Baykal's rival Sarıgül also showed that he is a corrupt lout."

Finding Sarıgül insufficient to overthrow Baykal, whom they deemed responsible for the memorandum, the USA obviously focused on other solutions.

EVEN EVERYONE KNOWS...

He is on good terms with the government. He has good relations with the USA. He has good relations with Fethullahists. He has good relations with community leaders, from the patriarch to the chief rabbi. He has good relations with capital. But despite all this, he could not be in the place he dreamed of for 30 years due to corruption and sexuality files coming to light about him. Even though he took to the streets saying "Çare Sarıgül" and asked for power from Washington, those who made sane plans could not see any light of power in him. Only during election periods in Şişli, Istanbul, Erzincan or the newly established party; Baykal became a temporary player for Kılıçdaroğlu, Özel. When it was their turn to say goodbye, they always took down the corruption and sexuality files about him from the shelf. Despite these files, which are known to everyone, found even in US documents, and were kept at the AKP Headquarters for the time being, Sarıgül was an influential figure in Turkish politics for 27 years. As if this was the only thing missing to open an investigation against him, the prosecutor's office arrested Murat Ağırel, saying "If you had made the news, we would have known everything"!

There is an accumulated complicity underlying every event that everyone knows but has not heard of.