22.03.2025 14:01
As part of the corruption investigation into the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, under the instruction of the prosecutor's office, the safes of 7 suspects, including Murat Ongun, have been seized from banks.
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The investigation initiated by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and 99 suspects for the crimes of "being a leader of a criminal organization," "being a member of a criminal organization," "bribery," "corruption," "qualified fraud," "illegally obtaining personal data," and "interfering with a tender" is ongoing.
2 PRIVATE SAFES BELONGING TO ONGUN, 1 PRIVATE SAFE BELONGING TO KÖKSAL
Within the scope of the investigation, it was determined that the suspects had private safes in various banks. It was identified that Murat Ongun, the Chairman of the Board of IMM Subsidiary Media Inc., has 2 safes, and Hüseyin Köksal, an advertiser and textile businessman, has 1 safe.
It was also determined that the fugitive suspect Emrah Bağdatlı has 1 safe, Tuncay Yılmaz, the General Manager of İmamoğlu Construction and SSB Real Estate, has 2 safes, Ertan Yıldız, the Chairman of IMM Subsidiaries, has 2 safes, Fatih Keleş, the General Manager of IMM Sports, has 1 safe, and Murat Kapki, the owner of the BVA company, has 2 safes.
SAFES SEIZED
It was learned that teams from the Financial Crimes Unit of the Istanbul Police Department carried out search and seizure activities on the bank safes upon the prosecutor's instruction.
“THEY DISTRIBUTED MONEY TO DELEGATES SO ÖZGÜR ÖZEL COULD WIN”
Meanwhile, Murat Ongun's police statement has emerged. The confidential witness stated, "During the Congress period, I was also in Ankara for the election. They had bags full of money with them to give to the delegates. They distributed money to the delegates so Özgür Özel could win the election. I witnessed this personally. Additionally, some delegates were given political bribes at the Congress." These statements were asked to Ongun during his testimony. Ongun responded to the allegations regarding the CHP Congress with "Slander."
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