14.08.2025 18:38
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into the allegations made by CHP Chairman Özgür Özel against Murat Kapki and Mücahit Birinci.
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In the rally in Bayrampaşa, CHP Chairman Özgür Özel, who said, "Your gift for the AK Party's anniversary is coming, wait for 12:00 tomorrow," held a press conference today at his party's headquarters.
ÖZEL'S CLAIM THAT WILL CREATE AGENDA
In his speech, Özel used the following expressions: "A lawyer friend who is in collusion with this AK Toroslar gang goes to detained businessman Murat Kapki in the İBB investigation. Murat Kapki is one of the owners of a very large company that did a lot of business while İBB was under the AK Party and also did business with various public institutions. He has been forced into confession multiple times, has given statements of effective remorse, but he is someone who has been kept inside because he did not give the statements requested from him and did not provide false statements.
'THEY SAID, "YOU WILL SIGN THIS, AND YOU WILL GIVE 2 MILLION DOLLARS ON TOP OF IT"'
This person is visited by a friend named Mücahit Birinci, who has held many positions, including being a member of the AK Party's MKYK. This friend talks to Kapki on July 31 and puts a 1.5-page statement in front of him, saying, 'You will sign this. You will also give 2 million dollars on top of it. You will leave from here...' He asks him to provide various names and to relate these to the events. With a multitude of claims, it is such a statement that it is extraordinarily risky, insulting to journalists, making a move related to the CHP's convention that they have never managed to do, establishing the slander of Fatih Keleş, which they have never been able to do, and saying that it will be in exchange for 2 million dollars that touches Ekrem Başkan and Murat Ongun. 'Sign this statement, give the 2 million dollars, and I will be your hand and foot in the media,' he says."
CLAIMS SPURRED THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE INTO ACTION
While CHP Chairman Özgür Özel's claims about Murat Kapki and Mücahit Birinci resonated widely in the public, it also prompted the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to take action.
"INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED REGARDING DEVELOPMENTS"
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced that an investigation has been initiated regarding the claims, stating: "On 14.08.2025, through some press organizations and social media platforms, it was learned that an investigation was initiated regarding the claims related to the meeting process and content that was stated to have taken place in prison between detained suspect Murat Kapki and lawyer Mücahit Birinci, under our investigation file numbered 2024/228233. Research has been initiated ex officio, and information will be provided as necessary regarding developments."
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