No detained defendants remain in the İZBETON cooperative case: Release decision for Tunç Soyer

Under the coordination of the İzmir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, regarding urban transformation projects, on charges of "rigging the tender" and "qualified fraud" a case was openedThe hearing of thecase continued. At the 4th session held by the İzmir 23rd High Criminal Court at the Aliağa Penal Execution Institutions Campuscourtroom,the formerİzmir MetropolitanMayorMetropolitan Mayor Tunç Soyer, former CHP İzmir Provincial Chair Şenol Aslanoğlu, former İZBETON General Manager Heval Savaş Kaya and other defendants appeared before the judge .The defendants not in custody and the lawyers for the parties were also present at the hearing. During the hearing, while Heval Savaş Kaya was presenting his defense, Presiding Judge Sedat Yılmaz fell ill, leading to the hearingThe hearing wasbriefly adjourned. Following the break,the prosecutionannounceditsopinion.The prosecutor requested an arrest warrant for defendant Yunus Tosun, who did not attend the hearing, andthe removal, and the acceptance of the Ministry of Treasury and Finance's request to join the caseand, considering the status of the evidence, requested the continued detention of thedefendants.

No detained defendants remain in the case

Following its evaluation, the court panel decided to release Tunç Soyer and Heval Savaş Kaya from this case. With this decision, there are no longer any detained defendants in the trial. The hearing was adjourned to March 26. On the other hand, S.S. Businesspeople Örnekköy Housing ConstructionCooperative regarding "embezzlement" allegationsconducted as part of a separateinvestigation; Tunç Soyer, Heval Savaş Kaya, and Şenol Aslanoğlu will remain in custody, it was stated.

The investigation prThe process began on July 1st

The Izmir Metropolitan Municipality subsidiary İZBETON AŞ faced allegations of corruption through subcontractor companies, leading to action on July 1st. The Court of Accounts, civil inspectorsIn the investigation based on expert reports and witness testimonies, charges of "rigging a tender" and "qualified fraud"werebrought against 157 people, withdetentionwarrants issued, including for theMayor of the period,TunçSoyer and CHP 139 suspects, including former İzmir Provincial Chairman Şenol Aslanoğlu, wereapprehended.Of the suspects referred to the courthouse,60 were arrested,while the number of detaineeschanged over time due toappeals filed and hearings held.

With a request for up to 45 years in prison

In the indictment prepared and accepted by the İzmir 23rd High Criminal Court; It was stated that irregularities were committed in the construction projects in return for land shares in the 3rd and 4th stages of Örnekköy, the 1st stage of the Gaziemir-Aktepe-Emrez neighborhood, and the3rd and 4th stages of Karabağlar.The case file includes 449 victims and 7complainants, as well as the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, theİzmirMetropolitan Municipality, andother institutions.The Ministry of Interior, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality and İZBETON AŞ were included as "parties harmed by the crime." The defendants were charged with "aggravated fraud" and attempts to commit these crimes, as well as abuse of office and variousfor variouscharges, 3years to 45 years of imprisonment are being requested.

In previoushearings, 9 releases

SeptemberThe trial, which began in the month ofAt the first hearing of theprocess, İZBETON AŞ Boardmembers Levent İşler, Sevcan Tınaztepe, Orhan Sertaç Dölek, Mehmet Gürhan Özata, and former Deputy General Manager Mehmet Alphan Bozan were released. At the second hearing in October, Şenol Aslanoğlu, Cihangir Lübiç and Hüseyin Şimşek were released; in the 3rd hearing in December, the court ruled for the release of Barış Karcı, the lifting of house arrest for Şenol Aslanoğlu, and for Tunç Soyer and Heval Savaş Kaya to remain in custody.The court ruled.

Soyer faces 'embezzlement' chargesa second arrest

Meanwhile, while the main case is ongoing, the S.S. Business People Örnekköy Housing ConstructionCooperative regarding embezzlement allegationsa separateinvestigation is alsowas conducted. Provincial Police Department Financial Crimes Bureau Directorate Following the operation organized by theteams on December 26,the suspects who werereferred to the courthouse on December 29appeared before thejudge. Tunç,whose detention continues, appeared.Tunç Soyer and former İZBETON AŞ General Manager Heval Savaş Kaya, former CHP İzmir Provincial Chair Şenol Aslanoğlu, and businesspeople Burak Bakır and Yıldırım Kuruoğulları on charges of "embezzlement"was arrested on charges ofand sent toprison.