The statement of Abbas, the General Manager of Itirafçı Kültür AŞ, has emerged: Murat Ongun personally gave the instructions.

29.04.2025 22:22

The statement of Murat Abbas, the General Manager of Kültür AŞ, who was arrested in the investigation against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) and released under the "effective remorse provisions," has emerged. In his statement, Abbas said, "Murat Ongun personally gave instructions regarding the allocation of advertising media-related jobs to certain companies," and he also mentioned that the large production budgets were entirely determined by Ongun.

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The statement given by Murat Abbas, the General Manager of Kültür A.Ş., who was arrested in the 'corruption' investigation against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) and released under judicial control measures of 'prohibition of leaving the country' and 'house arrest' as a 'collaborator' under the 'effective remorse provisions', emerged on April 17, 2025.

"MURAT ONGUN PERSONALLY GAVE INSTRUCTIONS"

In his statement, Abbas said, "Murat Ongun personally made statements and gave instructions to me regarding the allocation of certain advertising channels to specific companies." He continued, "I did not fulfill many of these instructions. I tried to do everything properly. As a result of these pressures, I realized that I could not perform this duty in the third month after I started, and I sent my resignation letter via email to Murat Ongun, Ertan Yıldız, and Yiğit Özduman."

"I WAS NEVER INVOLVED IN ADVERTISING TENDERS"

After his resignation, Abbas stated that they held a meeting with Ongun, Yıldız, and Özduman at a hotel in Kalamış, and he was persuaded to continue in his position. He said, "I expressed that I wanted to stay out of advertising work and only work in the field of culture and arts. After this date, they never involved me in advertising tenders."

"ORGANIZATIONS AND BUDGETS WERE ENTIRELY DETERMINED BY MURAT ONGUN"

Abbas continued his statement with the following words: "Organizations related to national holidays and artist production budgets for major budgeted special days were entirely determined by Murat Ongun. The tenders were controlled by the tender control unit and would come to me for signature at the final stage. I would only sign. I have no knowledge of the transactions that were made."

"A TOTAL OF 41 MILLION TL WAS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET IN AN UNOFFICIAL MANNER"

In an unofficial manner, the budget included 7 million TL for ventilation and roofing, 8 million TL for the glass of the communication coordination, 22 million TL for labor, and 6 million TL paid to a person named Kahraman.

"I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY ACTION OR CONSPIRACY RELATED TO THE CRIME"

I want to benefit from the effective remorse provisions. I have never had any action or conspiracy related to the crime with the other suspects mentioned. My responsibility has been attributed to me because my signature is on some documents. I request to be released."