Document regarding assassination threat against Ekrem İmamoğlu emerges: Tengioğlu's criminal record check came back clean

Footage and the incident report from the moment Tengioğlu arrived at the Saraçhane building, where the İBB presidential office is located, on December 16, 2024, and stated that "an assassination would be carried out against Ekrem İmamoğlu" have emerged. A detail in the report regarding the attacker's criminal record check (GBT) drew attention.

According to the incident report, following the report made by Selçuk Tengioğlu, who killed his own children, a criminal record check conducted by law enforcement officers concluded that 'no negative findings were encountered in the individual's criminal record check.'

It was noted that in the İBB report, it was stated that Tengioğlu's statement was taken by the police, and that the criminal record check conducted by the police reported that no negative findings were encountered.

The fact that the phrase 'no negative findings were encountered' appeared in the criminal record check, despite Tengioğlu having received a life sentence for filicide, has raised questions.

Journalist Gülşah İnce, who shared the incident report kept by the municipality on her social media account, pointed to the issue of an individual who killed his two children and served time in prison having a clean criminal record check.

STATEMENT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT

On the other hand, a statement was made by the Istanbul Police Department regarding the report in question. The statement included the following:

"Regarding the allegations made on 06.05.2025 by a political party leader that a report was made in January concerning an assassination to be carried out against a mayor currently in prison;

The Istanbul Police Department has initiated a retrospective investigation into the aforementioned allegations.

In the investigation conducted, it was determined that the report was made in December 2024, and that the Security Bureau teams of the Fatih District Police Department were assigned to the evaluation and processing stages of the report.

In the work carried out by the Security Bureau, the informant was called and summoned to the municipal building. During the preliminary investigation, it was understood that the individual was Selçuk TENGİOĞLU, who had received a life sentence for the crime of Intentional Killing in 2004 and was released on parole in 2020. In the interview conducted with the individual accompanied by private security personnel, he stated that he liked the aforementioned mayor, that he received aid from the municipality, that he thought the mayor could be harmed by nationalist circles who were uncomfortable with the mayor being intertwined with the DEM Party, that such topics were discussed in the ward during his time in prison, that he made such a report entirely based on his own feelings, that it was not based on any information, and that he did not want to give a written statement.

Furthermore, in the meeting held with municipal officials, they stated that they would not be making any legal application and that their own personnel would conduct an interview with the individual named Selçuk TENGİOĞLU.

The report in question was evaluated in accordance with the procedure, and it was understood that the report was not based on concrete evidence, was a notification based solely on personal opinions, and that the situation in question was related to the period he spent in prison 5 years ago; the relevant process was concluded within the framework of legal legislation, limited to the content of the report.

Presented for public information.

ISTANBUL POLICE DEPARTMENT"