Mustafa Sarıgül, for whom a money laundering investigation has been initiated against him and his family, is also facing sexual assault allegations.
The investigation continues in which New Party Erzincan Deputy Mustafa Sarıgül's ex-wife Aylin Kotil, his sons Ömer and Emir Sarıgül, and journalist Murat Ağırel were arrested, on allegations that a large amount of money of unknown origin was laundered through companies established at home and abroad in Istanbul.
8 suspects who were detained on October 29 within the scope of the investigation were sent to the courthouse today.
While two of the suspects were arrested, a judicial control order was imposed on 6 of them.
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 New Party's number of seats dropped to 90.
HOW DID THE INVESTIGATION START?
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.
ALLEGATIONS ABOUT SARIGÜL
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 24 DETAINED TOTAL
While the investigation, which started on October 16, continues, it has been reported that 24 suspects have been arrested so far.
