Letter from 'Tosuncuk' emerges: His latest appearance surprises everyone

Mehmet Aydın, nicknamed 'Tosuncuk,' the primary defendant in the Çiftlikbank case, wrote a letter from prison to the court. Stating that he wishes to benefit from effective remorse provisions, Aydın claimed that the fugitive defendant in the case, Ayhan Çalışkan, is living a life of luxury with the victims' money.

The trial of Mehmet Aydın, nicknamed 'Tosuncuk,' who is accused of defrauding thousands of people through the Çiftlikbank system, was held yesterday (November 11).

Prosecutors requested that Mehmet Aydın be sentenced to up to 88,302 years in prison for three separate crimes. Following the news of the acquittal of two defendants at the end of the trial, a letter sent by Mehmet Aydın from prison emerged in the morning hours.

According to a report by Halil Sadri Yılmaz from Habertürk, Mehmet Aydın, who presented his defense against the prosecutor's opinion, said he had begun to pay back the victims' losses, stating, "If you give me 6 months, I will pay the 70 million in damages."

The presiding judge asked, "You have been in custody for three years, why didn't you utilize this time?" Defendant Mehmet Aydın did not answer this question. The court, which gave the defendant a final deadline to pay the money, decided to continue his detention and adjourned the hearing to February.

In the letter he wrote under the title "My confession to benefit from effective remorse provisions," Mehmet Aydın included the following statements:

"In my previous statements, I had said that Ayhan Çalışkan was a manufacturer who made machines for our facility. In fact, he never manufactured any machines for us. I showed the transfers I made to him as if they were real commercial transactions by issuing fake invoices, and he transferred this money to two shell companies in Uruguay named Vesde Sierra and Pabipasli, in which Osman Naim Kaya was also a partner.

My shares in these companies were transferred to Ayhan Çalışkan to avoid the risk of the Uruguayan state seizing my assets. Since transferring money through Ayhan Çalışkan in these companies drew attention, a large amount of construction materials were purchased and sent, making it appear as if exports were being made.

The manager of the milk production facility in Edirne is a witness that the machines were not renewed. Furthermore, Ayhan Çalışkan's wife also helped us in the money laundering transfer. We unloaded the Bitcoin machines we sent to Paraguay at Ayhan Çalışkan's company warehouse in Istanbul together with Murat Evren and my security manager Fehmi Suat; they are also witnesses.

While trying to send nearly 1,000 devices to Paraguay as a machine representative, they were caught at customs; later, we convinced the customs director by paying a 200,000 dollar bribe, and the machines were shipped to Paraguay. He told this incident to Osman Naim Kaya himself. The WhatsApp conversations are attached to my petition."

"After the machines reached Paraguay, Ayhan Çalışkan sent 100,000 dollars to our partner in Paraguay. This transfer is visible in the MASAK report, which is the subject of the case. This money was sent for the installation of the machines and for expenses. The assets in Uruguay and Paraguay remained with Ayhan Çalışkan after we were arrested. Ayhan Çalışkan is living a life of luxury outside with the money of Çiftlikbank victims. I request that my statement be taken again to explain everything I know in detail and that the necessary action be taken."

Mehmet Aydın also attached a photo of his latest appearance to the letter in question.