Explosive claim about Ela Rümeysa Cebeci and Mehmet Akif Ersoy from a figure close to the government! 'The real issue here is...'
Fatih Altaylı, who wrote that he spoke with a source close to the government regarding Ela Rümeysa Cebeci—who was released under house arrest as part of a "drug investigation"—and former Habertürk Editor-in-Chief Mehmet Akif Ersoy, who remains in custody in the same case, shared striking behind-the-scenes information.
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Ela Rümeysa Cebeci, who was arrested in a drug investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, was released on April 24 on the condition of house arrest. The court ruled that judicial control measures be applied to Cebeci.
Former AKP deputy Şamil Tayyar argued that Mehmet Akif Ersoy, who is also in custody as part of the same investigation, should be released following Cebeci.
Journalist Fatih Altaylı brought his conversation with a source close to the AKP and the judiciary regarding the situation of Cebeci and Ersoy to his column.
Altaylı stated that the person, whom he did not name, said, "That matter is not that simple. The real issue here is their relationships with the bureaucracy and politics..."
The relevant part of Altaylı's article is as follows:
"A few weeks ago, we ran into a figure close to the government who provides good news on judicial matters.
While chatting briefly, I mentioned the absurdities in the judiciary and gave a few examples.
Some of these were the defendants in the IMM and Aziz İhsan Aktaş Criminal Organization case who should have been released because they were not even accused in the indictments or because the time they served was sufficient even if they received the maximum sentences requested in the indictment, as well as the case of Mehmet Akif Ersoy and Ela Rümeysa Cebeci, who are still inside.
'Their overly active and, in our view, marginal sex lives do not interest us at all, nor is it a crime. As for their drug use, if they are not dealers, wholesalers, or importers, this crime does not carry a prison sentence, and the time they have served is more than enough,' I said.
'That matter is not that simple. The real issue here is their relationships with the bureaucracy and politics,' I received a highly suspicious response.
It was a complete 'There are things you don't know' type of answer.
They need to put those 'things we don't know' into the indictment as soon as possible.
Because keeping people inside based on things 'we don't know' or 'they don't know' is not a very correct understanding of law."