10.07.2024 14:42
The chief prosecutor's office objected to the return of the indictment prepared as a result of the investigation, in which Dilan Polat and her husband Engin Polat were also arrested, after the operation carried out in 6 provinces based in Istanbul.
The indictment prepared regarding the 28 suspects, including Dilan and Engin Polat, was sent back by the court. Anadolu 2nd Criminal Court, which evaluated the indictment, stated that the case should be heard in the heavy penal court. The prosecutor's office objected to the return of the indictment.
CASE WILL NOT BE HEARD IN HEAVY PENAL COURT Istanbul Anatolian Chief Public Prosecutor's Office objected to the decision of Anadolu 2nd Criminal Court, which stated that the case should be opened in the heavy penal court, regarding the indictment prepared as a result of the investigation conducted against 16 suspects, including Dilan Polat, her husband Engin Polat, and their siblings Can and Sıla Doğu. The objection decision of the prosecutor's office emphasized that the competent court can be determined according to the basic penalty and that the aggravation clause is not the basis for determining the court's jurisdiction.
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE POLAT OPERATION? In the operations carried out on November 1, 2023, and afterwards in 6 provinces centered in Istanbul, 24 suspects, including Dilan Polat and her husband Engin Polat, were detained. As part of the investigation, a preliminary examination report was prepared by the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) regarding the suspects, including the Polat couple, whose digital materials and notebooks were seized during the searches conducted in their companies. The report revealed that there was an inflow of 200 million liras to the companies owned by family members through the method of issuing fake invoices in exchange for so-called trade from 3 liquidation companies.
It was determined that the money was transferred among the companies owned by family members, and in the final stage, real estate and numerous vehicles were purchased in Milda Real Estate, owned by Engin Polat. After this determination, the Istanbul Financial Crimes Investigation Branch teams identified the identities of the suspects and carried out simultaneous operations in 43 addresses in Istanbul, Ankara, Yalova, Ordu, Kırklareli, and Manisa.
TRUSTEES WERE APPOINTED TO THE COMPANIES As part of the ongoing investigation, the teams determined that a medical company owned by Dilan and Engin Polat gave the naming rights to another company in Ankara and that an attempt was made to transfer 1 million 800 thousand liras in the account of this company to the personal accounts of the partners. 16 of the suspects, including Dilan Polat, Engin Polat, and Sıla Doğu, were arrested. The court ruled for the appointment of trustees to 27 companies.
DILAN POLAT'S SIBLINGS WERE RELEASED In the monthly detention review on June 14, the Peace Criminal Court ruled for the release of Dilan Polat's siblings Can and Sinem Sıla Doğu, as well as Can Polat, Gökay Bekar, Halit Polat, Harun Abak, Metin Yılmaz, Mustafa Özalp, Nilgün Yılmaz, Uğurcan Ayyıldız, and Zekai Tepe, with judicial control measures, and decided to continue the detention of the other 5 suspects.
4 SEPARATE CRIMES In the indictment prepared after the completion of the investigation by the public prosecutor's office, it was requested that the suspects be punished for "money laundering", "illegal gambling", "establishing an organization with the aim of committing a crime", and "being a member of an organization established with the aim of committing a crime". In the indictment, it was also requested that all the assets of the 31 companies included in the investigation and owned by these companies, such as real estate and vehicles, be confiscated and transferred to the public ownership. The approved indictment by the prosecutor's office was sent to Anadolu 2nd Criminal Court.
Anadolu 2nd Criminal Court, after examining the indictment and considering the aggravation clauses in the requested penalties for the suspects, stated that the Heavy Penal Court is the competent court to conduct the trial and returned the file to the prosecutor's office.