04.11.2025 16:52
A new development has occurred in the ongoing corruption investigation in Istanbul. The father and son of Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu will be questioned. A sum of 637,106 euros sent abroad by İmamoğlu's son, Selim İmamoğlu, has been included in the MASAK report.
The father of Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was removed from the position of Mayor of Istanbul and arrested, Hasan İmamoğlu, and his son Selim İmamoğlu will give statements tomorrow as part of the 'corruption' investigation regarding the charges of 'bribery and money laundering'. Hasan and Selim İmamoğlu are expected to go to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan at 11:00 AM tomorrow.
On the other hand, it has also been learned that a directive was written to the Istanbul Police Department for taking the suspects' defenses.
STATEMENT FROM THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
In a statement made by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was noted: "A directive has been written to the Istanbul Police Department for taking the defenses of suspects Hasan İmamoğlu and Selim İmamoğlu regarding the charges of Bribery and Money Laundering, based on the evidence within the investigation file related to the İmamoğlu Organized Crime Group."
MASAK HAD PREPARED A REPORT
As part of the corruption investigation conducted against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and the suspended arrested mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) prepared a 181-page 'Evaluation Report on Money Laundering Crime' on June 4. According to the report, it was stated that Ekrem İmamoğlu's son, Mehmet Selim İmamoğlu, had made a transfer of a total of 637,106 euros to a company named 'Tectum Investment D.O.O.' located in Croatia in 2023 and 2024, and that this company, based in Croatia, belonged to Mehmet Selim İmamoğlu.
The report indicated that investigations into the source of the amounts involved in the transfers made by Mehmet Selim İmamoğlu deemed the act of transferring money to his foreign-based company accounts as suspicious. Additionally, it was reported that the dates of the money transfers sent to the company 'Tectum Investment D.O.O.' by Mehmet Selim İmamoğlu coincided with the amounts he received from his mother Dilek Kaya İmamoğlu and Hasan İmamoğlu, as well as the amounts he himself received. The report also stated that the amount of 637,106 euros sent abroad by Mehmet Selim İmamoğlu was considered a minimum criminal income within the scope of the investigation.