Court refutes Akın Gürlek's 'accepted' statement: 'Espionage' indictment has not yet been accepted
It has emerged that the indictment, which Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek claimed had been 'accepted' during a live broadcast, has not yet been approved by the court, as the monthly detention review is still being conducted by the Criminal Judgeship of Peace instead of the High Criminal Court.
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Minister Gürlek stated during a live broadcast on A Haber that "the espionage indictment has been accepted," but it has been learned that today's monthly detention review was conducted by the Istanbul 10th Criminal Judgeship of Peace, not the Istanbul 25th High Criminal Court.
The judgeship ruled for the continuation of the detention of Ekrem İmamoğlu, Merdan Yanardağ, Necati Özkan, and Hüseyin Gün, citing that "there is no reason to terminate their detention status."
Ekrem İmamoğlu, Merdan Yanardağ, Necati Özkan, and Hüseyin Gün were arrested as part of an "espionage" investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. The prepared indictment requested that İmamoğlu, Özkan, Gün, and Yanardağ be punished for the crime of "political espionage." The indictment had been sent to the Istanbul 25th High Criminal Court.
INDICTMENT HAS NOT YET BEEN ACCEPTED
Former Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor and current Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek said in a live broadcast on A Haber this evening that the "espionage" indictment had been accepted. However, it was learned that the indictment has not yet been accepted, and for this reason, the monthly detention review was conducted by the Criminal Judgeship of Peace.
While Ekrem İmamoğlu, Necati Özkan, and Merdan Yanardağ did not attend the detention review conducted by the Istanbul 10th Criminal Judgeship of Peace today, their lawyers were present. Hüseyin Gün, who made statements during the review, rejected the accusations against him and requested his release.
The judgeship ruled for the continuation of the detention of İmamoğlu, Özkan, Yanardağ, and Gün.
"NO REASON FOUND TO TERMINATE DETENTION STATUS"
The decision included the following statements:
"When the nature and character of the crime attributed to the suspects, the contents of the reports prepared by law enforcement officers regarding the incident, and all information and documents within the scope of the preparatory investigation are evaluated together, it is concluded that there is no reason to terminate the detention status, considering the presence of concrete evidence indicating a strong suspicion that the suspects committed the alleged crime, the current state of evidence, the lower and upper limits of the custodial sentence specified in the law for the alleged crime, the potential sentence that could be imposed if the suspects' guilt is proven, the strong suspicion regarding the suspects' flight and concealment, and the time the suspects have spent in detention; furthermore, it is determined that the reasons for detention have not ceased to exist and that the application of judicial control measures would be insufficient."