The Minister of Justice, Yılmaz Tunç, denied the allegations regarding the newborn prosecutor.

The secret operation conducted regarding the newborn gang, which caused public outrage, was revealed when the gang threatened the public prosecutor conducting the investigation, and the operation came to light.

It was claimed that Yavuz Engin, the public prosecutor who was threatened for dismantling the gang led by convicted PKK member Fırat Sarı, was removed from the case without backing down and working for the investigation to reach a conclusion.

"THERE IS NO REMOVAL FROM THE CASE OR CHANGE OF DUTY"

Sources from the Ministry of Justice stated in a statement to Haberler.com that the claims regarding Prosecutor Yavuz Engin's removal from duty do not reflect the truth. The ministry's statement on the matter was as follows:

"The main investigation has been completed and sent to the Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, and the case has been opened. The investigation regarding several suspects in the Büyükçekmece Chief Public Prosecutor's Office is already ongoing. Since the suspect who threatened the prosecutor is also involved in this investigation, it is being conducted by another public prosecutor. There is no removal from the case or any change of duty."

WHAT HAPPENED?

While conducting the investigation related to the newborn gang, on August 30, Prosecutor Yavuz Engin of the Büyükçekmece Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, who is responsible for Terror and Organized Crimes Investigation, was threatened by lawyer A.A, who met him first by phone and then in his office, stating that if some suspects were not released, there would be an assassination attempt on the prosecutor and harm could be done to his family. Following this, an investigation was initiated to determine how information regarding the prosecutor's relatives and their residences was leaked, and a recording device was placed in the prosecutor's office. It was recorded that Mustafa Kemal Zengin, who was identified as being in contact with lawyer A.A, openly threatened the prosecutor with death. The investigation revealed that the prosecutor's personal and family information had been queried by three gendarmerie personnel from the system on a date prior to the threats. In the operation conducted within the scope of the investigation, 11 people were detained. Additionally, a report was prepared regarding 47 suspects, including 22 who were arrested, who were found to have acted in collusion with individuals working at the 112 Emergency Call Center, transferring newborn emergency patients to private hospitals they had previously agreed upon, thus obtaining unjust profits.