Home > Politics News > She had brought him to the parliamentary podium: Akşener and Koray Aydın visited Kaplan's 'treasurer'

She had brought him to the parliamentary podium: Akşener and Koray Aydın visited Kaplan's 'treasurer'

It has emerged that former IYI Party leader Meral Akşener and Koray Aydın visited Erkan Yıldırım, a suspect in the Ayhan Bora Kaplan case, during a shopkeeper visit. Meral Akşener had previously invited Erkan Yıldırım to the podium during a parliamentary group meeting.

Ersin Eroğlu

Ersin Eroğlu / 12punto EXCLUSIVE

Former IYI Party leader Meral Akşener had filed a complaint against journalists Özlem Gürses and Ersin Eroğlu, who revealed that the person she gave the floor to at a parliamentary group meeting was Erkan Yıldırım, a suspect in the Ayhan Bora Kaplan criminal organization case.

In the petition submitted by Akşener's lawyer, Gürhan Kocaman, Yetkin Öztürk, and Koray Aydın were pointed to as those responsible for the incident.

The complaint petition stated that Erkan Yıldırım was brought to the podium upon the suggestion of the then-IYI Party Deputy Chairman Koray Aydın.

Speaking to 12punto regarding Akşener's claim, Koray Aydın had stated that the person to speak at the group meeting was determined by the planning of the chairman's office, the private secretary's office, and the protocol office, with the approval of the chairman. Koray Aydın had stated that he did not know Erkan Yıldırım.

THEY VISITED HIM

It has emerged that Meral Akşener and Koray Aydın also visited Erkan Yıldırım during a shopkeeper visit.

During the visit, Erkan Yıldırım said the following to Akşener:

“We are selling with low profit margins. Mr. Minister Koray Bey also knows this. We are trying to keep prices to a minimum under his instructions.”

WHAT HAD HAPPENED?

Erkan Yıldırım, who is listed as a “suspect” in the Ayhan Bora Kaplan file, attended the IYI Party group meeting on October 13, 2021, and gave a speech regarding “industrialists.” Former IYI Party Chairman Meral Akşener had invited Yıldırım to the podium by saying, “This week, we are hosting an industrialist brother of ours on the nation's podium. Erkan Yıldırım is among us… Please, Erkan brother, the floor and the podium are yours.” Akşener had filed a complaint against journalists Ersin Eroğlu and Özlem Gürses, who revealed that this person was a suspect in the Ayhan Bora Kaplan case.

Other News