Erden Timur case deepens: His name also appeared in a criminal organization trial

New details have emerged regarding the investigation into NEF Holding Chairman and former Galatasaray Sportif A.Ş. Deputy Chairman Erden Timur, who was arrested last week. It has been determined that Timur's name appears in an ongoing trial against the criminal organization publicly known as the "Şahinler."

FILE WITH 59 DEFENDANTS: TRIAL AT THE HIGH CRIMINAL COURT

In the trial held at the Istanbul 35th High Criminal Court, 59 defendants alleged to have links to the "Şahinler" criminal organization are being tried. According to allegations in the case file, fraud was committed in some apartment sales within NEF projects.

The file contains victim statements indicating that irregularities occurred during the sales processes of apartments belonging to Erden Timur's company.

According to court documents, it is alleged that members of the "Şahinler" criminal organization transferred apartments they purchased from NEF projects to third parties with promises of high profits.

During this process, it is alleged that Burak Tulum, who is stated to have held an authorized position within NEF, intervened to establish trust between the victims and the organization.

According to the allegations, after the transfer transactions, Burak Tulum directed the victims to different individuals under the pretext of paying debts to NEF. While the victims thought they were paying installments to NEF, they realized they had been defrauded upon receiving "your payment is overdue" notifications from the company.

It was alleged that the victims, who entered the complaint process, were stalled by Burak Tulum, whom they knew as an executive at NEF, and were simultaneously threatened by members of the "Şahinler" criminal organization.

It was noted that Erden Timur's name was also mentioned in the statements the victims gave to the court.

EMAIL SENT, THREAT RECEIVED 3 MINUTES LATER

One of the victim statements in the file belongs to Mehmet Ali Sarıkaya. Sarıkaya stated that just three minutes after they sent an email to Erden Timur explaining their grievances, Hasan Akdeniz, one of the leaders of the "Şahinler" criminal organization, reached out to him via WhatsApp.

In his statement, Sarıkaya said that Akdeniz sent him a screenshot of the email taken from a computer screen and threatened him by saying, "What are you trying to do?" Sarıkaya also declared that he did not know how the email was delivered to them.

“WE HELD A MEETING, WE COULD NOT GET OUR MONEY”

Another victim, Cemal Özdem, stated that they had a one-on-one meeting with Erden Timur. Özdem noted that they held a meeting with Timur and his lawyer at the NEF office in Levent, and that Burak Tulum was also called to the meeting.

Özdem said that although they were told the sale would be canceled, the deposit of approximately 300 thousand liras has still not been returned to him. Another victim in the file, Şefik Yalvaç, stated that he had made a payment of 1 million 200 thousand dollars but could not get his money back.

In the opinion it presented at the last hearing, the prosecution emphasized that the victims declared they had conveyed their situation to Erden Timur multiple times, both via email and in person, but did not receive any results.

It was noted that when these accounts are evaluated together with the correspondence in the file, the conclusion was reached that it would be "contrary to the ordinary flow of life" for NEF not to be aware of the events in question.

The prosecution also requested that a criminal complaint be filed with the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding the officials and those responsible for the NEF company.