Deniz Erzincan, brother of artist Erdal Erzincan, arrested

The 18-person file, which also includes the name of Deniz Erzincan, an advisor to the General Manager of Boğaziçi A.Ş., contained serious accusations such as "bribery" and "rigging tenders." 

Deniz Erzincan, the brother of artist Erdal Erzincan, began his political career as a council member in the Maltepe Municipality. Erzincan, who later served in the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) Council, also came to public attention as a CHP candidate for Mayor of Maltepe in the 2019 local elections. Having played an active role in local government for many years, Erzincan is known as an experienced politician.

THE REFERRAL DOCUMENT FOR THE 8 PEOPLE, INCLUDING DENIZ ERZINCAN, IS AS FOLLOWS

The referral document sent by the prosecutor's office to the criminal judgeship of peace regarding the suspects Ali Cüneyt Özdemir, Can Karataş, Cengiz Tosun, Deniz Erzincan, Erdinç Karataş, Mehmet Karataş, Murat Timuçin Altıer, and Taylan Çokyiğit, who were detained and whose arrest was requested as part of the investigation, has been obtained.

The document states that suspect Murat Timuçin Altıer is an official of a firm providing consultancy services, and as understood from the detailed and sincere statements of Barbaros R. regarding time and location elements, he gave bribes to Deniz Erzincan, an advisor to the General Manager of Boğaziçi Tesis Yönetim Hizmetleri AŞ, an IMM subsidiary, to ensure participation in and to illicitly obtain contracts and work carried out or mediated by this subsidiary.

The document notes that suspect Altıer acted in unity of thought and action with Deniz Erzincan regarding the transactions in question, keeping a portion of the bribe for himself and transferring the rest to Erzincan, and that these matters were established by the testimony of Barbaros R.

The document states that there are numerous shared base station records between the suspect and Deniz Erzincan, and therefore, there are reasons indicating a strong suspicion of guilt regarding the crime of "bribery" attributed to him.

THEY FACILITATED IRREGULARITIES

The document, which explains that Deniz Erzincan acted together with the company's purchasing personnel Ali Cüneyt Özdemir during his tenure, notes that whenever there was a need for personnel or staff regarding sites for which the company provided consultancy services, they found the firms that would undertake this work.

The referral document states that Erzincan and Özdemir enabled the aforementioned transactions to be illicitly awarded to companies owned by Murat Timuçin Altıer and Barbaros R., and includes findings that they received bribes in return.

The referral document reports that in the examined account movements of Barbaros R., it was determined that regular payments were sent to Altıer and suspect Erzincan with the note "K," meaning "commission," to be delivered to suspect Erzincan, and with the note "S," to indicate "your commission," meaning Altıer's share.

The document emphasizes that Erzincan and Özdemir acted in connection with a criminal organization led by Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was arrested and removed from his post as IMM Mayor, and thus states that there is a strong suspicion of guilt that they committed the crime of "membership in a criminal organization" attributed to them.

The document states that suspect Taylan Çokyiğit played an active role in the delivery of the bribe money, and as understood from account movements and WhatsApp message records, he ensured the delivery of the bribe money.

News Source: 12punto