Some detained defendants, including Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was suspended from his post as Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM), Mehmet Murat Çalık, who was suspended from his post as Mayor of Beylikdüzü, 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 after their arrest.
The hearing, in which some undetained defendants and their lawyers were also present, was also watched by the relatives of the defendants.
The hearing continues with the hearing of secret witnesses.
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 407 people as "defendants", 16 of whom are "complainants", 7 of whom are fugitives, and 5 of whom are "defendant complainants".
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.
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, it is requested that the provisions of "effective remorse" 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.
FIRST FILE TO MERGE
The indictment prepared against 7 defendants, including İnan Güney, who was suspended from his post as Beyoğlu Mayor, was 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 requested 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 requested to be sentenced to prison terms ranging from 3 to 168 years for the same crimes.
During the trial process, there are 46 detained defendants in the case, with 70 people being released along with the combined files.
