Breaking News... Akın Gürlek announced: IMM indictment completed! Up to 2,352 years in prison requested for Ekrem İmamoğlu!

The indictment for the IMM investigation, in which CHP's presidential candidate and IMM Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is currently detained, has been completed. It was learned that the indictment will be submitted to the court at 15:00.

Chief Prosecutor Akın Gürlek made the statement, "We will submit the indictment to the court in 30 minutes."

The indictment includes 105 detainees, 170 individuals under judicial control, 7 wanted persons, and 402 suspects in total. It was noted that there are 143 acts listed in the 3,900-page indictment.

REQUEST FOR UP TO 2,352 YEARS IN PRISON FOR İMAMOĞLU

In the comprehensive indictment prepared regarding IMM Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office held İmamoğlu responsible for "establishing and managing a criminal organization for profit and committing various crimes within the scope of the organization's activities."

The document prepared by the prosecution alleges that the organization in question was formed in 2015 during İmamoğlu's tenure as Mayor of Beylikdüzü and was subsequently moved into the IMM structure.

The indictment states that many individuals, including Fatih Keleş, Murat Ongun, Adem Soytekin, Murat Gülibrahimoğlu, Ertan Yıldız, and Hüseyin Gün, along with İmamoğlu, are defined as "organization managers."

The prosecution requested that İmamoğlu be punished in his capacity as the "founder and leader of the organization" in accordance with Articles 220/1 and 220/5 of the Turkish Penal Code.

The document also stated that some individuals provided information regarding the organization's structure by benefiting from effective remorse provisions.

The file evaluates a total of 143 separate acts, and includes allegations that organization members committed irregularities in municipal tender processes and "provided bribes and benefits."

According to the indictment, the upper limit of the prison sentence requested for Ekrem İmamoğlu is recorded as 2,352 years.

The "organization chart" in the IMM indictment was defined with this visual.

HEARINGS WILL BE HELD AT SİLİVRİ PRISON

While Chief Prosecutor Gürlek noted that the investigation would continue with supplementary indictments, he said that the trial must be conducted "expeditiously" and that the hearings would be held in Silivri.

In his statement, Gürlek said, "We have explained the structure of the criminal organization in detail in the indictment. The organization chart is important. There are 6 organization managers. Ekrem İmamoğlu is the organization leader. Our court must conduct a summary trial. It needs to reach a conclusion as soon as possible."

RE-ARREST OF ADEM SOYTEKİN

Gürlek stated that a total of 76 people have benefited from effective remorse provisions. In addition, regarding the re-arrest of Adem Soytekin, he said, "We identified Adem Soytekin as an organization manager. All the information he provided is correct. Considering his position and closeness to İmamoğlu, we determined that his statements were incomplete. We re-arrested him because his statements were incomplete."

The names of deputies Özgür Karabat and Turan Taşkın are also mentioned in the indictment.

"MEHMET PEHLİVAN ORGANIZED ESCAPES ABROAD"

The prosecution stated that Pehlivan was part of the organization's legal structure, alleging that he was the "defense counsel for organization leader Ekrem İmamoğlu" and used this position "beyond the limits of defense."

The document includes allegations that Mehmet Pehlivan pressured individuals detained in the file to prevent them from disclosing what they knew about the organization.

The prosecution also alleged that Pehlivan gave instructions that "financial support would be provided to those arrested" and organized the flight abroad of some members who did not trust the organization.

The indictment also includes allegations that Pehlivan conveyed İmamoğlu's instructions to the suspects in prison and "exerted pressure to prevent the organization from unraveling."

The prosecution stated that Pehlivan abused his duty as a lawyer and acted to prevent the dissolution of the organization by "going beyond legal assistance."

The file includes allegations that Pehlivan gave instructions for the escape of some organization members abroad and managed this escape process.

According to the prosecution's assessment, Pehlivan conveyed "the organization leader's messages" to the suspects in prison through lawyers and exerted pressure to ensure "the organization was not exposed." For this reason, it was requested that Mehmet Pehlivan be punished with the status of a "member with special qualifications."

There are also allegations that Mehmet Pehlivan is an "organization member."

HÜSEYİN GÜN DETAIL

The indictment notes that Hüseyin Gün is also listed among the organization managers and that a separate investigation regarding espionage charges is ongoing against him.

The following statements were included in the announcement made by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office:

"Within the scope of the investigation conducted by our Chief Public Prosecutor's Office Organized Crime Investigation Bureau into the İmamoğlu Criminal Organization for Profit;

Within the scope of the investigation conducted by our Chief Public Prosecutor's Office Organized Crime Investigation Bureau into the İmamoğlu Criminal Organization for Profit, an indictment has been filed with the Istanbul High Criminal Court against (402) suspects, of whom (105) are detained, (170) are under judicial control, and (7) are wanted with arrest warrants, as of today, regarding a total of (143) different acts based on complainant complaints, for the crimes of "Establishing and Managing a Criminal Organization, Being a Member of a Criminal Organization, Knowingly and Willingly Assisting an Organization Without Being Included in its Hierarchical Structure, Bribery, Giving Bribes, Extortion, Rigging Tenders, Fraud to the Detriment of Public Institutions and Organizations, Violation of the Tax Procedure Law, Laundering Assets Derived from Crime, Recording Personal Data, Seizing and Disseminating Personal Data, Intentional Pollution of the Environment, Violation of the Forestry Law, Publicly Disseminating Misleading Information, Damaging Public Property, Violation of the Mining Law, and Violation of the Forestry Law."

Among the suspects against whom a public lawsuit has been filed, there are a total of (105) suspects, including (99) organization members (1 of whom is the organization leader, suspect Ekrem İMAMOĞLU), (5) organization managers (suspects Fatih KELEŞ, Murat ONGUN, Ertan YILDIRIM, Murat GÜLBRAHİMOĞLU, Adem BOYTEKİN, and Hüseyin GÜN), (92) organization members, and (7) suspects who knowingly assisted the organization.

In the indictment, regarding the founder and leader of the organization, suspect Ekrem İMAMOĞLU;

For the crimes he committed directly, namely Establishing an Organization for the Purpose of Committing Crimes (8 times), Bribery (12 times), Laundering Proceeds of Crime (7 times), Fraud to the Detriment of Public Institutions and Organizations (7 times),

And due to his status as the founder and leader of the criminal organization, in accordance with Article 220/5 of the Turkish Penal Code No. 5237, for the crimes committed by organization members within the framework of the organization's activities, namely Recording Personal Data (2 times), Seizing and Disseminating Personal Data (2 times), Concealing Evidence of Crime (4 times), Obstruction of Communication, Damaging Public Property, Bribery (47 times), Publicly Disseminating Misleading Information, Extortion (9 times), Fraud to the Detriment of Public Institutions and Organizations (39 times), Laundering Assets Derived from Crime (4 times), Rigging Tenders (70 times), Intentional Pollution of the Environment, Violation of the Tax Procedure Law, Violation of the Forestry Law, Violation of the Mining Law,

Punishment has been requested regarding a total of (142) acts subject to the indictment. The investigation continues regarding some of the suspects against whom proceedings have been initiated."