15.08.2025 08:12
The leader of the CHP, Özgür Özel, visited businessman Murat Kapki, who was arrested in the investigation concerning the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB), and allegedly said to Mücahit Birinci, "Sign this statement record, give 2 million dollars, and walk away." Birinci went to the Istanbul Courthouse to file a complaint against Özel and Kapki. He also stated that he wanted to give a statement regarding the investigation that was initiated ex officio against him.
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CHP General Chairman Özgür Özel claimed that Lawyer Mücahit Birinci visited businessman Murat Kapki, who was arrested in the investigation against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM), in the prison where he is held and said, "Sign this statement record, give 2 million dollars, and leave quietly."
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE INITIATED AN INVESTIGATION
Birinci denied Özel's allegations, while the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation regarding the matter. In a statement made by the Prosecutor's Office, the following expressions were included: "On August 14, some media organizations learned through social media that an investigation was initiated ex officio regarding the claims about the meeting process and content between the detained suspect Murat Kapki and lawyer Mücahit Birinci, which was stated to have taken place in prison, in our investigation file numbered 2024/228233 (IMM corruption investigation). Further information will be provided as necessary regarding developments."
WENT TO THE COURTHOUSE TO FILE A COMPLAINT
After the investigation was initiated, it was learned that Lawyer Mücahit Birinci, who came to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan, would file a complaint against CHP General Chairman Özgür Özel and businessman Murat Kapki. It was also reported that Birinci wanted to give a statement regarding the investigation initiated ex officio against him, but his statement had not yet been taken.
WHAT DID ÖZGÜR ÖZEL SAY?
CHP General Chairman Özgür Özel, who appeared before the cameras at his party's headquarters, made claims that would create an agenda. Özel stated, "This is a lawyer friend who is involved with the AK Toroslar gang, who goes to detained businessman Murat Kapki in the IMM investigation. Murat Kapki is one of the owners of a very large company that did a lot of business while IMM was under the AK Party and also did business with various public institutions. He has been forced into becoming an informant multiple times, has given statements of effective remorse, but he is kept inside because he did not give the statement that was requested from him and did not provide false testimony."
"'YOU WILL SIGN THIS, AND YOU WILL ALSO GIVE 2 MILLION DOLLARS'"
This person, who has held many positions including membership in the MKYK of the AK Party, goes to a friend named Mücahit Birinci. This friend talks to Kapki on July 31 and puts a 1.5-page statement record in front of him, saying, 'You will sign this. You will also give 2 million dollars. You will leave quietly from here...' He asks him to provide various names and to relate these to the events. With a multitude of claims, it is such a statement that is extremely risky, insulting to journalists, and involves a slander against Fatih Keleş, which the CHP has never managed to do, and touches on Ekrem Başkan and Murat Ongun, saying that it will be in exchange for giving 2 million dollars. 'Sign this statement, give the 2 million dollars, and I will be your hand and foot in the media, your guarantee,' he says," he stated.
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