İmamoğlu is defending in the 'corruption' case against IMM! He announced his monthly income

Some detained defendants, including Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was suspended from his post as the Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM), Mehmet Murat Çalık, who was suspended from his post as Beylikdüzü Mayor, and Murat Ongun, Chairman of the Board of Medya AŞ, attended the hearing held by the Istanbul 33rd High Criminal Court in the hall opposite the Marmara Closed Penal Institution.

Relatives of the defendants were present as spectators at the hearing, where some undetained defendants and their lawyers were also present.

New Party Chairman Özgür Özel, some New Party MPs, Ekrem İmamoğlu's mother Havva İmamoğlu, his father Hasan İmamoğlu, his wife Dilek İmamoğlu, his son Selim İmamoğlu, and party members and spectators were also present in the hearing room.

The arrested defendant Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was promised to defend himself, said during his identification that he had a master's degree, that he was the Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and that his monthly income was 250-300 thousand liras.

When asked if he had a criminal record, İmamoğlu said, "No, thank God." he replied.

İmamoğlu said, "By the way, I do not find it right to have myself on the screen like this. If you deem it appropriate... After all, people are looking at it from 100 meters away. This is not a courtroom with its architecture. I think it is not right for the law, the court to be designed in this way, and the judicial bench on which we will all lean our backs. It is sad to be in such an environment. I am here with these feelings. I came here from the prison in Silivri." he said.

Saying that he greeted all humanity in the name of democracy and justice, İmamoğlu stated that there were his companions and friends in the hall.

The hearing continues with İmamoğlu's defense.

FROM THE INDICTMENT

In the indictment prepared by the Organized Crimes Investigation Bureau of the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the Civil Inspection Board Presidency is included as the "informer", the Ministries of Treasury and Finance, Internal Affairs, Energy and Natural Resources, Agriculture and Forestry, the Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and the Şişli Municipality are listed as the "damaged by the crime".

In the indictment, there are a total of 407 people as "defendants", including 16 "complainants", 7 fugitives, and 5 "complainants-defendants".

In the indictment, which describes the activities of the criminal organization since its establishment in 2014, it is evaluated that "the public damage caused by the benefit obtained in relation to the 143 acts subject to the indictment is approximately 160 billion lira and 24 million dollars in total as of the dates of the crime (excluding the current value), and in real estate, it consists of 95 immovable properties in Istanbul and throughout the country (excluding the assets obtained by the ringleaders and managers of the organization from the proceeds of crime)."

In the organizational chart in the indictment, it is stated that the defendant Ekrem İmamoğlu is the "organization leader", and the defendants Murat Ongun, Fatih Keleş, Adem Soytekin, Ertan Yıldız, Hüseyin Gün and the fugitive defendant Murat Gülibrahimoğlu are the "organization manager".

In the diagram, it is stated that 10 organization members are directly affiliated with Ekrem İmamoğlu, and it is shown that 77 of the organization members are affiliated with Fatih Keleş, 35 with Murat Ongun, 8 with Ertan Yıldız, 7 with Hüseyin Gün, 6 with Murat Gülibrahimoğlu and 6 with Adem Soytekin.

In the indictment, Ekrem İmamoğlu was accused of "establishing an organization for the purpose of committing a crime", "recording personal data", "seizing and disseminating personal data", "concealing evidence of crime", "obstructing communication", "damaging public property", "bribery", "publicly disseminating misleading information", "extortion", "fraud to the detriment of the public, institutions and organizations", "laundering assets resulting from crime", "tendering". It is requested that he be sentenced to imprisonment for a total of 849 years to 2,430 years and 6 months for the crimes of "sedition", "deliberate pollution of the environment", "opposition to the Tax Procedure Law", "opposition to the Forest Law" and "opposition to the Mining Law".

In the indictment, Keleş was accused of "bribery", "receiving a bribe" and "giving a bribe" 48 times, "tender rigging" 55 times, "fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations" 39 times, "laundering proceeds of crime" 8 times, "opposition to the Mining Law", "opposition to the Forest Law", "causing environmental pollution", "opposition to the Tax Procedure Law", It is requested that he be sentenced to imprisonment from 556 years and 8 months to 1542 years and 8 months for the crimes of "extortion", "destroying, concealing or altering criminal evidence" and "obstruction of communication".

In the indictment, which demands that Ongun be sentenced to imprisonment from 287 years and 6 months to 779 years and 6 months for the crimes of "bribery" and 53 times "tender rigging", 33 times "fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations", "giving personal data to others, disseminating or seizing personal data", "publicly disseminating misleading information" and "laundering proceeds of crime", Yıldız is accused of "bribery" and "tender bidding". A prison sentence of 86 to 251 years is foreseen for the crimes of "sedition" and "fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations".

In the indictment, it was requested that Soytekin be sentenced to imprisonment from 67 to 194 years for the crimes of "bribery", "chain bribery", "extortion" and "laundering of proceeds of crime", while Gülibrahimoğlu was charged with "fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations", "laundering of proceeds of crime", "forgery of documents", "opposition to the Mining Law", "opposition to the Forest Law", "environment He is asked to be sentenced to imprisonment from 19 years and 6 months to 51 years for the crimes of "causing pollution" and "violating the Tax Procedure Law".

In the indictment demanding Gün's imprisonment from 20 to 40 years for the crimes of "establishing an organization for the purpose of committing a crime" and "giving personal data to someone else, disseminating or seizing", it is stated that these defendants, who are the managers of the organization, should be punished separately as perpetrators for all crimes committed within the framework of the activities of their affiliated structures of the organization.

In the indictment, it is requested that the provisions of "effective repentance" be applied to the defendants Adem Soytekin, Hüseyin Gün and Ertan Yıldız, the organization's managers, who gave information about the crimes committed within the framework of the structure and activities of the organization after they were caught.

In the indictment demanding a prison sentence of 35 to 91 years in total for Şişli Mayor Resul Emrah Şahan, who was suspended from his duty after his arrest, for the crimes of "taking bribe" 5 times, "extortion" 2 times, "illegal recording of personal data", "illegal giving or obtaining of personal data" and "being a member of an organization established for the purpose of committing a crime", Beylikdüzü Mayor Mehmet Murat, who was suspended from his duty after his arrest. It is requested that Çalık be sentenced to a total of 30 to 88 years in prison for 7 counts of "taking bribes" and "being a member of an organization established for the purpose of committing crimes".

FIRST FILE TO MERGE

The indictment prepared against 7 defendants, including İnan Güney, who was suspended from his post as Beyoğlu Mayor, was also combined with this case.

In the indictment, the defendants İnan Güney, İsmail Akkaya, Seyhan Özcan, Veysel Eren Güven, Sabriye Akkaya, Mehmet Akif Bulut and Deniz Göleli are asked to be sentenced to imprisonment from 9 years and 8 months to 31 years and 8 months for the crimes of "aiding an organization established for the purpose of committing a crime without being a member" and "fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations".

SECOND FILE

The investigation carried out on the allegation that the tenders were rigged by irregularly operating a fictional tender system through Ağaç ve Peyzaj AŞ was completed and the indictment prepared against 29 defendants was combined with this case.

Defendants Ekrem İmamoğlu, Fatih Keleş and Ali Sukas are asked to be sentenced to 62 to 168 years in prison each for the crimes of "tender rigging", "forgery of official documents", "taking and giving bribes" and "intermediating bribery", while the other 26 defendants are asked to be sentenced to prison terms ranging from 3 to 168 years for the same crimes.

During the trial process, there are 53 detained defendants in the case, with 63 people being released along with the combined files.