New development in the Sinan Ateş murder: MHP Provincial Chair's vehicle caught on camera

Following the murder of former Ülkü Ocakları (Grey Wolves) President Sinan Ateş, former Ülkü Ocakları executive Tolgahan Demirbaş and Ülkü Ocakları Deputy Chairman Emre Yüksel were accused of helping the hitman Eray Özyağcı escape from Ankara to Istanbul in an Audi-brand vehicle with the license plate 06 AT 5021. It was alleged that Yüksel and Demirbaş, who were using this vehicle—stated to be the official car of Ülkü Ocakları Chairman Ahmet Yiğit Yıldırım—had briefly left the hitman in Bolu during this time.

According to a report by Alican Uludağ from DW Türkçe, striking documents regarding the traffic of Demirbaş and Yüksel in Bolu have been entered into the Sinan Ateş case file. The document in question is an "investigation report" prepared by four police officers under the direction of Kerem Gökay Öner, the then-Deputy Chief of the Public Security Branch of the Ankara Police Department.

TWO SUSPICIOUS VEHICLES FOLLOWED DEMİRBAŞ AND YÜKSEL

According to the documents obtained by DW Türkçe, the Audi-brand vehicle with license plate 06 AT 5021, carrying Yüksel and Demirbaş, left Ankara on December 30, 2022, at 19:30, returned from Sakarya Akyazı at 21:18, and passed through the Bolu PTS Server/Düzce Bolu Entrance PTS at 22:25. A white Passat with license plate 14 ABU 634 and a black Fluence-brand vehicle with license plate 14 ABU 171 also passed through the same PTS one after another at 22:25.

ONE OF THE SUSPICIOUS VEHICLES WENT TO KARACAAĞAÇ PLATEAU

The two vehicles with 14 license plates proceeded one after another at around 22:45 from the Bolu-Karacasu PTS point, meaning they were heading from the Bolu city center toward the Seben district. The 14 ABU 171 Fluence vehicle passed the Adya Hotel at 23:08 and turned toward the Karacaağaç Plateau. Approximately 28 minutes later, the same vehicle came from the direction of the Karacaağaç Plateau road and headed toward the Bolu city center at around 23:36. On December 31, 2022, at 00:05, the vehicles with license plates 14 ABU 171 and 14 ABU 634 were detected passing a gas station in Karacasu-Bolu one after another. Both vehicles traveled from the Seben district toward the Bolu city center.

In the investigation conducted by the police, it was determined that the 14 ABU 634 Passat belonged to the then-MHP Bolu Provincial Chair İlhan Durak, and the 14 ABU 171 Fluence belonged to the Bolu Ülkü Ocakları Deputy Chairman Ramazan Özdemir.

MHP BOLU PROVINCIAL CHAIR'S STATEMENT WAS TAKEN

This situation was reported to the prosecutors in charge of the investigation in Ankara. Consequently, an instruction was issued under the signature of Ankara Public Prosecutor Durmuş Ali Kaya to take the statements of İlhan Durak and Ramazan Özdemir as witnesses. It was learned that these individuals provided their statements as witnesses within the scope of the investigation.

On the other hand, both vehicles were taken to the Ankara Police Department on January 26, 2023, where they were searched and fingerprinted. İlhan Durak currently serves as the Secretary General of the Ülkü Ocakları. Durak was also the MHP's candidate for Mayor of Bolu in the March 31 local elections.

News Source: 12punto