Referral document for suspects facing arrest in IMM investigation revealed: 'Through the jewelry firm they established'

In the referral document prepared by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office for the Criminal Court of Peace with a request for arrest, the assessment regarding suspect Şafak Başa, the General Manager of İSKİ, stated that Başa, while serving as the general manager at İSKİ, delayed the work of company representatives who applied, made things difficult for them, and demanded money by directing the victimized company representatives to individuals acting as the "treasury" of the criminal organization. For this reason, Başa's arrest was requested.

It was stated in the referral document that suspect Zeynep Ayten Gözdem Ongun, the wife of Murat Ongun, received money into company accounts from firms doing business with the municipality, and that she transferred the money into her account through a jewelry firm they had established to legalize the bribe, thereby acting as an intermediary in the crime of bribery.

It was stated that suspect Cevat Kaya, the brother of Dilek İmamoğlu, despite having no official public capacity or authority, acted as an intermediary to resolve the affairs of individuals with business at the municipality and its subsidiaries and to collect their receivables due to his kinship ties, and that he communicated with municipal officials to use the municipality's resources for his own benefit; these individuals were identified as Murat Ongun, who is in Ekrem İmamoğlu's inner circle, Ertan Yıldız, and Ekrem İmamoğlu's advisor Tonguç.

"IF THEY CANNOT DO IT, I WANT TO KNOW"

The referral document regarding Kaya included the following statements: "It was observed that in the examination of the suspect's mobile phone, he messaged Ertan Yıldız, saying, 'Let's turn the place I sent above into a fish restaurant, a friend of mine sent it to me, let's do this place if possible, Mr. President,' and that the advisor messaged, 'There has been no development with Tonguç at Eyüp Municipality, the president still hasn't signed, I think they have an expectation, but this product is meat and meat products. It's not paving stones or a flower garden, if they cannot do it, I want to know,' and that he sent a decision belonging to the administrative court to Murat Ongun, writing, 'Let the President renew their contracts and let them continue if possible, if there is any demand, I will have it met, I am waiting for news.'" It was noted in the referral document that when the messages are taken into account, there is a strong suspicion of crime based on concrete evidence that Cevat Kaya used influence and offered bribes.

5 MILLION DOLLARS FOR LICENSING PROCEDURES

It was stated that suspect Ali Rıza Akyüz forced the owners of Capacity AVM to pay 5 million dollars for the parking lot's licensing procedures, directed them to Süleyman Atik, who is mentioned in the file, applied administrative sanctions against the complainants who did not accept his demand, and had similar demands from some contractors whose statements are in the file, and that he demanded financial gain by using the authority he possessed regarding zoning. Since there is a strong suspicion of crime that Akyüz committed the crime of extortion, his arrest was requested in the referral document.