19.06.2025 11:01
The reasoned decision has been announced in the case where actors Halit Ergenç and Rıza Kocaoğlu were sentenced for 'false testimony.' The court stated that their statements contradicted the HTS records, saying, "Concealing the material truth is sufficient for the crime to be established."
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The court's reasoned decision was announced in the case where actor Halit Ergenç and Rıza Kocaoğlu were sentenced to prison for allegedly giving 'false testimony' within the scope of the 'Gezi Park' investigation led by manager Ayşe Barım. In its reasoned decision, the court stated that the statements of Ergenç and Kocaoğlu contradicted the evidence in the file, and it was noted that 'It should be accepted that the defendants' concealment of the material truth is sufficient.'
The case in which actor Halit Ergenç and Rıza Kocaoğlu were tried for allegedly giving 'false testimony' within the scope of the investigation, which claimed that manager Ayşe Barım directed artists affiliated with her company to participate in the Gezi Park events, was concluded in May. The court sentenced Halit Ergenç to 1 year, 10 months, and 15 days in prison for 'false testimony', taking into account his respectful demeanor during the trial, while Rıza Kocaoğlu was sentenced to 1 year and 8 months in prison for the same offense, considering his respectful demeanor as well, and the announcement of the verdict was postponed for both.
IT WAS STATED THAT THE WORDS THEY USED CONTRADICTED THE EVIDENCE IN THE FILE In the mentioned case, the Istanbul 24th Criminal Court of First Instance announced its reasoned decision. In its reasoned decision, the court stated that the words expressed by Ergenç and Kocaoğlu, who testified in the Barım investigation, contradicted the evidence in the file, and that Ergenç and Kocaoğlu claimed they had no connection with the fugitive defendant of the main Gezi Park case, Mehmet Ali Alabora, and that they only knew each other within the scope of the art community, but it was reported that there were communication records between the parties in the HTS records.
'IT SHOULD BE ACCEPTED THAT THE DEFENDANTS' CONCEALMENT OF THE MATERIAL TRUTH IS SUFFICIENT' In the announced decision, it was clearly seen that the communication between Ergenç, Kocaoğlu, and Alabora intensified during the Gezi Park period, and it was determined that they came together and walked arm in arm on the dates when mass protests intensified in Gezi Park, but in their statements taken as 'witnesses', they claimed that they had no intimacy with Alabora and that they had no contact during that period. The decision stated, 'The testimonies of the defendants, who are eyewitnesses, have no effect on the investigation conducted against Ayşe Barım, and comparing the testimonies of the witnesses has no importance in terms of the formation of the crime, and it is not mandatory for the witness testimonies to be the basis for the verdict for the crime to be formed; it should be accepted that the defendants' concealment of the material truth is sufficient.'
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