Mustafa Sarıgül's son, Emir Sarıgül, was arrested in the black money investigation last weeks.
A new one has been added to the allegations regarding Erzincan Deputy Mustafa Sarıgül, who has launched an investigation against himself and his family on charges of money laundering and is also facing sexual assault accusations.
In his additional statement in prison, his son Emir Sarıgül claimed that during the establishment of the New Party, 250 thousand dollars were left in the back of the vehicle belonging to Chairman Özgür Özel, and then 250 thousand dollars were given for the party bus outside a restaurant.
Additionally, Emir Sarıgül claimed that his father told him to buy two scarves as a gift for Özel, and that 100 thousand dollars, placed in boxes along with the scarves he bought, were given to Özel.
Özgür Özel reacted harshly to these allegations at his party's group meeting.
"Go back a long way, go to university, ask all the governors and police chiefs who served in Manisa, what does Özgür Özel not do?" New Party Chairman said, "Özgür Özel has nothing to do with money. You cannot hear anything other than that." He expressed his reaction by saying.
“IRRATIONAL CLAIMS”
At the press conference held yesterday, New Party Spokesperson Zeynel Emre stated that they rejected Emir Sarıgül's statement in the prosecutor's office that his father Mustafa Sarıgül gave a large amount of money to Özgür Özel on different dates within the scope of expenses for the New Party.
Announcing that they will file a criminal complaint against these allegations, Emre said, "You are having dinner with a person who is always in sight, in a place where there are deputies and security guards. No one will see it, no cameras will take it, you will take the box and put it in the car. These are irrational allegations." made his assessment.
Zeynel Emre also showed the Yeni Party's bus rental invoice and documents regarding Mustafa Sarıgül's resignation upon Emir Sarıgül's claim.
The file was opened upon the notice of two German citizens; The complainants claimed that transactions were carried out through companies to launder large amounts of money of unknown origin. German citizens also claimed that they were threatened after they handed over documents related to the issue to journalist Murat Ağırel. Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation following these statements.
In the statement made by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was stated that the complainants alleged that "a contract worth 80 million euros was drawn up", "a money transfer transaction worth 100 million euros was carried out", "a fund of 1 billion euros was promised to be taken abroad through loans using public power and influence" and "a boat sale worth 1.5 million euros was made".
Within the scope of the investigation, Ömer Sarıgül, Aylin Kotil, Volkan Aslanbaş, Cavidan Tanrah Artuner, Murat Ağırel, Caner Baş, Cihan Durak, Zekai Erdem, Cihat Salman, Selim Daşdemir, Özgür Bölükbaşı, Bayram Özata, Zekeriya Yasemin, Mehmet Ali Aslan, Sadullah Ergün and Emir Sarıgül were arrested, and Cemil Vasken Barın and Uğur Kurtulan were released by applying the judicial control provisions. was left.
Çağlar Sezgin, Cihan Tunç and Ümit İlker Avcı, who were caught in another operation within the scope of the investigation, were arrested, and it was decided to impose a judicial control measure on Beşir Ömer Demir and Atakan Eren in the form of "not leaving the house". In the ongoing investigation, it was decided to arrest Sofu Altınbaş, Ramazan Argün and İbrahim Avcı.
HE RESIGNED
Stating that he "decided to resign in order to remove his party from the discussions arising from the investigation," Sarıgül said, "I am resigning from the New Party membership until the investigation in question is concluded." he said.
Sarıgül recently submitted his resignation petition to the Presidency of the Turkish Grand National Assembly; The number of seats of the New Party dropped to 90.
While the money laundering investigation was ongoing, sexual assault allegations were made against Sarıgül.
In his statement to the prosecutor's office, his bodyguard claimed that he had not been able to file a complaint against Mustafa Sarıgül until today due to political influence, economic reasons and fear of harm to his family, and claimed that there were other victims like him.
Another claim is that Sarıgül gained billions of dollars of unfair profit from zoning irregularities during his term as mayor.
A secret witness included in the investigation claimed that Mustafa Sarıgül earned billions of dollars in bribe revenue from the development processes of giant projects at that time and that this money was introduced into the system through the Altınbaş family.
The confidential witness argued that the unregistered revenues from development transactions were laundered through real estate and tourism investments and claimed that the Sarıgül family had a 50 percent secret partnership in the luxury hotel in Antalya.
THERE ARE 28 DETAINED IN TOTAL
While the investigation, which started on October 16, continues, it has been reported that 28 suspects have been arrested so far.
