01.06.2026 12:21
The 42nd hearing of the İBB case, in which 414 defendants including İmamoğlu are being tried, has started at the İstanbul 40th Heavy Penal Court. The statements of the detained defendants are being taken at the hearing.
The 42nd hearing of the case in which 414 defendants, including 68 detained and 5 complainant defendants, are being tried regarding the "İmamoğlu criminal organization for profit" has begun.
Some detained defendants, including İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was suspended from duty after his arrest, Şişli Mayor Resul Emrah Şahan, Beylikdüzü Mayor Mehmet Murat Çalık, Beyoğlu Mayor İnan Güney, former CHP deputy Aykut Erdoğdu, İBB President Advisor and MEDYA AŞ Board Chairman Murat Ongun, İBB Sports Club President Fatih Keleş, and İmamoğlu's lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan, attended the hearing held by the İstanbul 40th Heavy Penal Court in the hall opposite the Marmara Closed Penal Execution Institution.
Some non-detained defendants, lawyers, certain CHP deputies, and relatives of detained defendants attended the hearing as observers.
The hearing continues with the taking of statements from the detained defendants.
FROM THE INDICTMENT
In the indictment prepared by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office Organized Crimes Investigation Bureau, the Civil Inspection Board is listed as the "complainant," while the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, İstanbul Provincial Directorate of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, and Şişli Municipality are listed as the "aggrieved parties."
The indictment includes 16 individuals as "complainants" and a total of 407 individuals as "defendants," of whom 7 are fugitives and 5 are "complainant defendants."
In the indictment, which describes the organization's activities from its establishment in 2014 to the present, it assesses that "the public loss caused by the benefits obtained from 143 actions covered in the indictment totals approximately 160 billion Turkish lira and 24 million dollars in movable assets (excluding current value), and 95 immovable properties across İstanbul and the country (excluding assets acquired by the organization's leader and managers from criminal proceeds)."
In the organization chart included in the indictment, detained defendant Ekrem İmamoğlu is identified as the "organization leader," while detained defendants Murat Ongun, Fatih Keleş, Adem Soytekin, non-detained defendant Ertan Yıldız, defendant Hüseyin Gün (detained for another crime), and fugitive defendant Murat Gülibrahimoğlu are identified as "organization managers."
The chart indicates that 10 organization members are directly linked to Ekrem İmamoğlu, while 77 members are linked to Fatih Keleş, 35 to Murat Ongun, 8 to Ertan Yıldız, 7 to Hüseyin Gün, 6 to Murat Gülibrahimoğlu, and 6 to Adem Soytekin.
The indictment seeks a prison sentence of between 849 years and 2,430 years and 6 months for Ekrem İmamoğlu on charges including "establishing an organization for the purpose of committing crimes," "recording personal data," "obtaining and disseminating personal data," "concealing criminal evidence," "obstructing communication," "damaging public property," "bribery," "publicly disseminating misleading information," "extortion," "fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations," "laundering assets derived from crime," "bid rigging," "deliberately polluting the environment," "violation of the Tax Procedure Law," "violation of the Forestry Law," and "violation of the Mining Law."
The indictment demands that Keleş be sentenced to between 556 years and 8 months and 1,542 years and 8 months in prison for 48 counts of "bribery," "accepting bribery," and "giving bribes," 55 counts of "bid rigging," 39 counts of "fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations," 8 counts of "laundering criminal proceeds," and charges of "violation of the Mining Law," "violation of the Forestry Law," "causing environmental pollution," "violation of the Tax Procedure Law," "extortion," "destroying, concealing or altering criminal evidence," and "obstructing communication."
In the indictment, which seeks a prison sentence of between 287 years and 6 months and 779 years and 6 months for Ongun on charges of "bribery," 53 counts of "bid rigging," 33 counts of "fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations," "giving, disseminating or obtaining personal data," "publicly disseminating misleading information," and "laundering criminal proceeds," Yıldız faces between 86 and 251 years in prison for "bribery," "bid rigging," and "fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations."
The indictment demands that Soytekin be sentenced to between 67 and 194 years in prison for "bribery," "chain bribery," "extortion," and "laundering criminal proceeds," while Gülibrahimoğlu faces between 19 years and 6 months and 51 years in prison for "fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations," "laundering criminal proceeds," "document forgery," "violation of the Mining Law," "violation of the Forestry Law," "causing environmental pollution," and "violation of the Tax Procedure Law."
The indictment seeks a prison sentence of between 20 and 40 years for Gün on charges of "establishing an organization for the purpose of committing crimes" and "giving, disseminating or obtaining personal data," and states that these defendants, as organization managers, should also be punished as perpetrators for all crimes committed within the scope of the activities of their subordinate units.
The indictment requests the application of "effective remorse" provisions for organization manager defendants Adem Soytekin, Hüseyin Gün, and Ertan Yıldız, who provided information about the organization's structure and crimes committed within its scope after being captured.
The indictment seeks a prison sentence of between 35 and 91 years for Şişli Mayor Resul Emrah Şahan, who was suspended from duty after his arrest, on charges of 5 counts of "accepting bribery," 2 counts of "extortion," "unlawful recording of personal data," "unlawfully giving or obtaining personal data," and "membership in an organization established for the purpose of committing crimes." It also demands that Beylikdüzü Mayor Mehmet Murat Çalık, suspended after his arrest, be sentenced to between 30 and 88 years in prison for 7 counts of "accepting bribery" and "membership in an organization established for the purpose of committing crimes."
CONSOLIDATED CASE
The indictment prepared for 7 defendants, including Beyoğlu Mayor İnan Güney, who was suspended after his arrest, had been consolidated with this case.
The indictment seeks prison sentences of between 9 years and 8 months and 31 years and 8 months for detained defendants İnan Güney, İsmail Akkaya, Seyhan Özcan, and non-detained defendants Veysel Eren Güven, Sabriye Akkaya, Mehmet Akif Bulut, and Deniz Göleli on charges of "aiding an organization established for the purpose of committing crimes without being a member" and "fraud to the detriment of public institutions and organizations."
With the release of 42 defendants, including those from the consolidated case during the trial process, there are currently 68 detained defendants in the case.