'Let's run a story that İmamoğlu has a lover' was discussed in court 3 years ago: Uçankuş TV owner had explained it

Rabia Karaca, who was arrested as part of a drug investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, mentioned the name of former volleyball player Derya Çayırgan in her prosecutor's statement. Rabia Karaca's statement to the prosecutor was followed one day later by the detention of Derya Çayırgan, who was brought to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan. It was expected that Çayırgan would be questioned as part of the "drug" investigation, but her statement was taken within the scope of the main IMM investigation file.

THE PROSECUTOR WHO WROTE THE IMM INDICTMENT STATEMENTIND ETAILS

Derya Çayırgan gave her statement to the prosecutor of the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office Organized Crime Investigation Bureau, who also signed the IMM indictment in which CHP Chairman Özgür Özel said, "You put a White Toros there, who are you threatening?" Çayırgan was questioned about the MASAK report prepared as part of the IMM investigation. Çayırgan stated that the 50,000 euros that entered her account in 2023, as mentioned in the MASAK report, were her own savings.

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The allegations against Derya Çayırgan and Ekrem İmamoğlu were brought to the agenda by various social media accounts and Uçankuş TV after March 19, when the IMM operations began.

Uçankuş The owner of the TV station, Can Tanrıyar, appeared before the judge at the Istanbul 38th High Criminal Court on December 15, 2023, during the trial where he was detained on charges of "attempted extortion." Brought from the Marmara Closed Prison where he was being held, Can Tanrıyarclaimed that he was partners with Metin Güneş, had known him for years, and that the breakdown of their relationship was rooted in a "request for a private life story."

Can Tanrıyarstated that after Ekrem İmamoğlu was elected Mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM), Metin Güneş—who had seized 565 million liras from the municipality's "non-seizable" bank accounts for asphalt receivables dating back to the AK Party era—told him, "Let's run a story that Imamoglu has a mistress; he is causing problems with the tenders."

Tanrıyar also explained that Güneş had told him, "Let's run a story that Berat Albayrak has divorced his wife so they can pull themselves together," but that he had rejected these requests on the grounds that there was "no evidence." The prosecutor requested the "continuation of detention" for Tanrıyar, while the court panel ruled for his release with a travel ban..