Reactions to the release decision of the Polats are overwhelming: May your justice sink.

Last year in November, Engin Polat and other defendants were arrested on charges of organizing a criminal organization and money laundering. At the end of the 3-day trial, a decision was made to release them. The decision caused a wide reaction on social media along with criticisms.

4 DETAINED DEFENDANTS RELEASED

The court announced its interim decision to release detained defendants Engin Polat, Sezgin Polat, Alper Kürşat Polat, and Ahmet Gün. The request to lift the measures on their assets was rejected. The court decided to continue the travel ban on the defendants and lifted the signature-based judicial controls.

Here are some reactions to the decision...

MUSTAFA SARIGÜL

Mustafa Sarıgül criticized the release decision of the Polats, saying, "I wonder who justice works for. Is justice on the side of the righteous or the powerful? Is justice only for the rich?"

CEMAL ENGİNYURT

"Demand 40 years of imprisonment for the biggest betting gang and fraud in Turkey's history. Release them in the first trial, let the employees rejoice crazily. Can Atalay is still detained. Murat Ağırel is threatened with death. Let the nonexistent justice watch. Your justice sinks, shame on you."

İBRAHİM HASKOLOĞLU

"The legal system in Turkey turns an honest man into a dishonest one."

MURAT AĞIREL

"The detained defendants in the Polat case have been released. The Prosecutor who wanted the detention to continue will probably appeal. I guess the result won't change. The trial will continue without detention. We are dying, we are ending, we can't even walk, and today everyone saw how empty their tricks are. They continue their shamelessness and audacity where they left off. I swear, they didn't do it, but who did it? With the sauce prepared with reports that even experts couldn't understand, and with this indictment submitted to the court, it was actually surprising that they were not released! Their release does not mean acquittal, of course. They will probably receive punishment under the tax procedure law. Look, theft identified with 4 reports, 500 million TL fake invoices, fake invoices between 170 million TL and family company, 500 million undeclared money... There is excess inventory, non-existent products have been sold, but those who prepared the report didn't see a problem! So, even such an official report said there is theft, but it called it legal theft! I address you, honest business people who deal with trade and pay every penny of tax without delay, and citizens who pay taxes even when the goose in the coop is asleep. You have learned the procedure now."

FATİH ALTAYLI

"They constantly build Justice Palaces. You would think they have the King of Justice. They have the palace, but they don't have the king."