It was claimed he would return to Turkey after İzzet Ulvi Yönter's posts: Court reaches a decision regarding Sedat Peker

At the hearing held on May 16 at the Istanbul Anatolian Courthouse 16th High Criminal Court, Sedat Peker's lawyers requested the lifting of the red notice issued against their client. However, the court did not find this request appropriate and rejected it.

Peker is accused of leading a criminal organization in two separate cases filed in Bursa and Istanbul. Claims that Peker, who has been abroad for a long time and has been living outside of Turkey for five years, would return to Turkey had recently come to the agenda again.

NO NEED SEEN TO HEAR COMPLAINANTS

According to the report by Ersin Eroğlu from TELE1, the court ruled that there was no need to hear Emre Erciş, Ozan Değmez, Oktay Tarhan, and Erdinç Yazar, who are listed as complainants in the case file, at the hearing.

In this context, the court adjourned the hearing to a later date. The trial in which Sedat Peker is being tried will be heard again on November 28.

REMARKABLE POST FROM MHP'S YÖNTER

Rumors that Sedat Peker would return to Turkey had become even more discussed following a post made by MHP Deputy Chairman İzzet Ulvi Yönter on his social media account.

Quoting some of Peker's past videos, Yönter had used the following expressions:

“Everything has its time… Greetings to those who wait for the appointed time… God is sufficient, everything else is a fleeting desire…”

WHAT HAD HAPPENED?

An armed attack was carried out on Semih Tufan Gülaltay's office in Istanbul's Maltepe district on May 26, 2022, around 03:20, by a person named Furkan Taş. Furkan Taş first fired his weapon at a vehicle parked in front of the office. Önder Erkut, Gülaltay's driver who was at the workplace, returned fire. Taş lost his life at the scene after being hit by bullets. A lawsuit was filed at the Istanbul Anatolian Courthouse regarding Taş's death.

The investigation into the attack was completed in July 2023. The Anatolian Chief Public Prosecutor's Office filed a lawsuit against 10 people, including Sedat Peker. The indictment alleged that the attacker, Furkan Taş, was in contact with Peker's men. The indictment claimed that Peker established an organization for the purpose of committing crimes and instructed organization members to kill Gülaltay. It was also noted in the indictment that the act remained at the attempt stage. A prison sentence of 15 to 27 years was requested for Peker for the crimes of “establishing and managing a criminal organization” and “attempted intentional homicide.”

Apart from the file at the Istanbul 16th High Criminal Court, Peker also has a file at the Bursa 5th High Criminal Court.