4 more released in Bora Kaplan 'money laundering case': A notable detail
Following yesterday's sentencing of Bora Kaplan to 68 years in prison in the Ayhan Bora Kaplan organized crime organization case, and the decision to release 13 of the 17 defendants who received various sentences, 4 defendants were released today in the money laundering case also linked to Bora Kaplan, under the judicial control condition of house arrest. It was noted that these defendants are Barış Kurt, Cemil Kumaşçıoğlu, Ersoy Yahya, and Tansel Aktan, who were ordered to be released in the organized crime case but could not leave prison yesterday because they were still detained in the money laundering file.
Müyesser Yıldız
Müyesser YILDIZ / 12punto
In the money laundering case being heard at the Ankara 77th Criminal Court of First Instance, which began in the first week of November and involves 38 defendants—12 of whom are in custody and 6 of whom are fugitives—defendants Erhan Arslan, Murat Abaz, and Savaş Akçay were released on November 7 with judicial control measures involving a travel ban, while Ozan Can Yıldız, Hıncal Alper Tansu, and Hasan Çalış, the brother-in-law of Bora Kaplan, were released under house arrest.
Meanwhile, the court had decided that the monthly detention review of the defendants would be evaluated ex officio through the file on December 4.
As a result of the evaluation made today, the 77th Criminal Court of First Instance decided to continue the detention of Bora Kaplan and Fethi Koyuncu, who were sentenced to prison yesterday in the organized crime case at the Ankara 32nd High Criminal Court, while releasing Barış Kurt, Cemil Kumaşçıoğlu, Ersoy Yahya, and Tansel Aktan—who were released in the organized crime case but could not leave prison due to the money laundering case—under the judicial control conditions of house arrest and a travel ban.