97th hearing in the 'Corruption' case against IMM: Fatih Keleş made his defense

The 'Corruption' investigation against Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was suspended from his post as the Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and arrested, was completed and a 3,809-page indictment was prepared on November 11, 2025.

Ekrem İmamoğlu, who is mentioned as the 'organization leader' in the indictment; 'Establishing an organization for the purpose of committing a crime', 'Bribery', 'Laundering of proceeds of crime', 'Fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations', 'Recording personal data', 'Seizing and disseminating personal data', 'Hiding evidence of crime', 'Obstructing communications', 'Damaging public property', 'Taking bribes', 'Disseminating misleading information to the public', 'Extortion', 'Property resulting from crime' It was claimed that he committed the crimes of "laundering values", "tender rigging", "deliberate pollution of the environment", "opposition to the tax procedure law", "opposition to the forest law" and "opposition to the mining law". It is requested that İmamoğlu be sentenced to imprisonment from 828 years and 2 months to 2,352 years for 142 actions.

'IT IS NOT ABLE FOR ME TO GIVE ANY INSTRUCTIONS'

Detained defendant Fatih Keleş, President of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club, said, "I am asked to be punished in the capacity of 'organization manager' for all 12 actions described regarding the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality subsidiary Ağaç ve Peyzaj A.Ş. I have explained that I was held responsible for almost all of the actions with the presumption of the investigation authority as a 'safety' and 'super manager', and that my name was not mentioned even once in the narrative of the events for which I was asked to be punished for most of the actions. The prosecutor's office claims that there was rigging in the tenders. Ağaç." "It is about the allegation that 4 companies named Saz Peyzaj, Han İnşaat, Ayhan Subaşı Mühendislik and Sarıtaş Yapı Malzemeleri bribed the managers of Ağaç A.Ş. I have no duty or authority in terms of the tenders. It is not possible for me to give any instructions, directives or even influence or suggest to the public officials of IMM and the managers and employees of Ağaç A.Ş."