IMM corruption investigation: Arrest requested for 6 suspects

As part of the corruption investigation into the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM), 6 out of 15 suspects detained on allegations that the personal data and location information of 4.7 million users were leaked to two different countries via the "Istanbul Senin" application have been referred to the criminal judgeship of peace with a request for arrest.

The police procedures for the 15 suspects detained within this scope have been completed.

Following health checks, the suspects were transferred to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan.

The 6 suspects, who gave statements to the prosecutor's office and were identified as administrators of the programs with established ties to criminal organization leaders, and who were found to have been involved in the processing and transmission of the data, were referred to the criminal judgeship of peace with a request for arrest.

The prosecutor's office requested judicial control measures for 9 other suspects.

STATEMENT FROM THE CHIEF PUBLIC PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE

In a statement from the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was noted that as part of the investigation into the activities and actions of a criminal organization allegedly led by Ekrem İmamoğlu, it was determined that the personal data and location information of 4.7 million users were leaked to two different foreign countries via the aforementioned application, that the personal data and location information of these users were put up for sale on the "dark web," and that the ballot box data of 11 million citizens was processed and leaked outside the program in a sub-application called "IMM Hanem" located within the same application.

The statement further reported that detention warrants were issued for a total of 15 suspects—including 13 suspects who were administrators of the programs, held management positions in 6 separate companies including IMM subsidiaries, and had established ties with the aforementioned organization leaders, as well as 2 suspects understood to have participated in the issuance of fake invoices for the companies of fugitive organization leader Murat Gülibrahimoğlu—on charges of "unlawfully obtaining personal data," "violation of the Tax Procedure Law," and "membership in the Ekrem İmamoğlu criminal organization," and that all suspects had been apprehended.

The identities of some of the detained suspects are as follows: "Kobil Technology Inc. Chairman of the Board İsmet Koyun, Kobil Mycity Platform Technology Inc. software development specialist Abdullah Uygun, Kobil Technology Inc. software manager Ayhan Güvenli, Adem Ok, Iraz Bayrak, İdris Yıldırım, Mehmet Çağlar Kuru, Emrah Yüksel, Hüsnücan Şen, Elif Yıldız Kızılca, Esra Huri Bulduk, Nuri Cem Ceylan, Şehide Zehra Keleş Yüksel"