The Haluk Levent detail in businessman Hüseyin Başaran's testimony: 'He was like a charm'

In his testimony, Hüseyin Başaran said about Haluk Levent, "He constantly carried out a process of emotional abuse by using my daughter's name. He was coming to my house almost every day. The relationship between me and Haluk Levent reached these dimensions within 6-7 months. He was like a charm. We transferred only 22 properties. A wide-ranging relationship was established," he said.

The testimony given to the prosecutor by Hüseyin Başaran, Chairman of the Board of Başaran Yatırım Holding, who was detained in the 4th wave of the corruption investigation into the Ahbap Association, has emerged.

In his testimony, Başaran said, "I met Haluk Levent 4 years ago in the lobby of the Trabzon Ramada Hotel. Then I never saw him for 4 years. I don't even have his phone number. We met at a venue 4 years later. He told me he wanted to buy an apartment and wanted to visit for that purpose. I said okay. 2 days later, he came to my sales office in Göktürk and we met there.

He toured the apartments. Then he left. He came back 2 days later. He said he was making bulk apartment purchases and that he was buying these apartments with money coming from international aid funds, and that he wanted to buy apartments from me as well. As I stated in detail during the law enforcement stage, he actually said that he was creating a barter pool and that he would pay for the apartments he bought as funds arrived from abroad.

He introduced Yeliz Kaya to me as the representative of the funds abroad. He said the apartments should be registered in her name. We transferred 3 or 4 properties within 4-5 days or a week. We did not receive any money in return. We received term promissory notes. He even gained trust by paying a certain amount of money before it was due. As I stated during the law enforcement stage, he showed images and videos regarding his relationships. He constantly carried out a process of emotional abuse by using my daughter's name. He was coming to my house almost every day," he said.

"HE WAS LIKE A CHARM"

In his testimony, Başaran said, "In this way, we transferred 21 apartments and 1 factory gradually. We submitted the contracts regarding these. He always gave his personal promissory notes in return for these. There are no promissory notes among those he gave us that are guaranteed by the Ahbap Association. Also, as I submitted in the receipts, he made very small payments.

In fact, one of the payments came from a company called Globus. I do not know Esin Önder Çağlayan. I later researched her and her companies. I learned that they were strong companies. I do not know Günay Önder either. I do not have a defense industry company. We only sold the MC Aviation company, which houses our private jet maintenance hangar, to ARCA Aviation. I met the owner on this occasion. I have no knowledge that these 22 properties would be transferred to Esin Önder Çağlayan.

There were no mortgages on these 22 properties. He had already said that they must be unmortgaged for funds to arrive. I had learned that the property in the organized industrial zone would be transferred to the company called Globus before it was transferred to Yeliz Kaya, but I still thought of the Globus company as part of the barter system that Haluk Levent mentioned. There are currently serious mortgages on these 22 properties. The Globus and Kanat companies or Esin Önder Çağlayan have taken out loans by establishing mortgages on these properties. One day, Haluk Levent told me about a businessman in America. He said we could sell a boat to this person. I said, 'I will take my commission from here.' Then they asked us for some documents, we gave them, but there was no sound or news. He also told me he wanted to buy a jet for himself. He had somehow learned that my jet was for sale.

Then he brought me a protocol, then the sale did not take place. I signed the protocol, but the sale did not take place, of course. He had said he would show it to someone, but he did not say who it was. We also made a real estate sales protocol for a various number of properties where the buyer was Yeliz Kaya. The subject of these protocols includes approximately 100 properties. The number of properties we transferred is 22. We did not transfer the other properties. We also did not receive the money for the properties we transferred. If I remember correctly, he traveled by renting the jet I mentioned above twice, but he did not pay for these either. The relationship between me and Haluk Levent reached these dimensions within 6-7 months.

He was like a charm. We only transferred 22 properties, but the protocols mentioned above were signed. A wide-ranging relationship was established. I do not have any properties registered in my name abroad. I do not know if Haluk Levent has any properties abroad. I do not know the association either. He definitely did not transfer any property abroad to me. We did not have any commercial relationship abroad either. I have not heard of someone named Güney Köse. Haluk Levent never mentioned him either. I know Yeliz and Haluk. What I have to say consists of these."