Selim İmamoğlu's testimony revealed

Selim İmamoğlu, the son of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) Mayor and CHP presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu, and his father Hasan İmamoğlu, who is currently detained at Silivri Prison, gave statements at the Istanbul Police Department as part of the 'corruption' investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.

RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS ABOUT CROATIA

It was reported that Selim İmamoğlu, who gave his statement at the Financial Crimes Investigation Branch, denied the allegations regarding the company he established in Croatia and his account transactions, stating the following:

"A total of 637 thousand 106 Euros were not sent to Croatia as alleged. The amount I sent to Croatia is 388 thousand 303 Euros. If you wish, we can provide the SWIFT receipts and account statements for this. During the period after I graduated from university, I traveled to and from Croatia for a long time with the aim of taking our 40-year family construction company tradition to the international arena with the vision provided by my school, and after long research, we decided as a family to establish a company in Croatia and become an investor in a construction project. After sharing this with my family, my mother and grandfather agreed to give me the amount I needed. This is how I started the company's operations."

EDUCATION AND COMPANY STRUCTURE

During the statement, where his lawyers Tora Pekin, Dilek Gürsan Küçükaksu, and Sezen Yılmaz were present, it was stated that Selim İmamoğlu holds dual degrees in civil engineering and physics engineering from Istanbul Technical University and is currently continuing his master's program in physics engineering. It was learned that he stated the company "Tectum Investment D.O.O.", which operates in Croatia, belongs entirely to him.

EXPLANATIONS REGARDING MONEY TRANSFERS

Addressing the findings in MASAK reports regarding the flow of money from his family, İmamoğlu stated, "The money sent to me from the legal income of my mother and grandfather is directed towards my investment in Croatia."

“I DO NOT ACCEPT EVEN THE SLIGHTEST ACCUSATION”

Stating that the 772 thousand TL received from his father was used for the purchase of a boat, İmamoğlu said he bought the boat named "Ludio" from Berkan Aksu and Sertaç Sürmeli. It was reported that he included the following words in his statement:

"I am a young Turkish man who has graduated from a good university, is currently pursuing a master's degree in quantum technologies in the field of physics engineering at Istanbul Technical University, and is dedicated to science. At the same time, thank God, I have a family that has been engaged in trade for many years and does this job properly. It is my greatest right to carry this accumulation to the international arena with the education and vision given to me by both my family and the Republic of Turkey. I do not accept even the slightest accusation linking me and my family to this matter."

It was stated that he also reiterated in his testimony, "I am a young Turkish man who has graduated from a good university and is dedicated to science. It is my most natural right to carry my family's savings to the international arena. I never accept my family and myself being associated with a crime."

JOINT STATEMENT FROM LAWYERS

In their joint statement, Selim İmamoğlu's lawyers Tora Pekin, Dilek Gürsan Küçükaksu, and Sezen Yılmaz said, "In the crime of money laundering attributed to the client, the perpetrator must know that the assets they are dealing with at the time of the act are derived from a crime. As the client stated, he received the money he sent abroad as an investment from his mother and grandfather. As the client explained, all of the money transfers that took place are intra-family asset disposals, and there is no situation that would require the client to develop any suspicion regarding these assets. The reason for the money the client received from his mother and grandfather and which crime it originated from, and how this could be known by the client, is entirely unclear and has not been explained to the client. For this reason, we request a decision of non-prosecution (KYOK)."