28.08.2025 02:14
The trial of 16 defendants, including court clerk Ahmet Yılmaz, who accessed UYAP using his own and the prosecutors' passwords to close investigation files, has begun at the Ankara Courthouse. The FETÖ-affiliated defendant confessed that he wanted to have the case against him deleted by lawyer Talha Bol and that he paid him money for this reason.
The trial of 16 defendants, including court clerk Ahmet Yılmaz, who accessed the National Judiciary Network System (UYAP) with a password belonging to himself and prosecutors to close investigation files, continued.
"HE SAID HE COULD CLOSE THE FETÖ FILE"
At the hearing at the Ankara 28th High Criminal Court, both detained and non-detained defendants and their lawyers attended. Defendant Emrullah Doğanay stated that two years ago, Talha Bol, who introduced himself as a lawyer, called him and said that there was a FETÖ file against him and that he could close this file if he wanted. Doğanay said he hung up the phone without believing Bol and researched him on the internet.
"I GAVE 5 THOUSAND EUROS TO MY ASSISTANT, I AM A VICTIM"
When he learned that Talha Bol was a lawyer registered with the Ankara Bar Association, Doğanay stated that he believed what he said and called him again, saying: "Bol said he would follow my case. He asked for 170 thousand lira from me. I told him I could give him 5 thousand euros. He sent his assistant to Isparta, I gave the money to him and signed the contract. When I called Bol again, he said he had submitted the objection petition to the file and that the file would be closed. Despite the passage of time, I could not get any information about the file. Then I learned that no objection had been made to the file. I was defrauded; I am a victim, I do not know anyone here."
E.D., a clerk working in the Ankara Courthouse's terrorism crimes and investigation office, who was heard as a witness, stated that he knew defendant Ahmet Yılmaz due to the office he had worked in for 8 years, that he did not have a close relationship with Yılmaz, and that he learned about the events subject to the case when he was called by the prosecutor to give his statement, stating that prosecutors sometimes give their e-signature passwords to court clerks to carry out transactions.
"REQUEST FOR 'EFFECTIVE REMORSE'"
After the statements, the court president gave the floor to the lawyers of the parties. The lawyer of defendant Abdulkadir Ceylani Özgül stated, "The elements of the bribery offense do not exist within the scope of the file. Defendant Yılmaz acted by using a matter that does not fall within his job description." Özgül's lawyer requested that his client benefit from effective remorse, stating that his client voluntarily came and gave a statement and that there was no evidence in the file other than his statement, and that the information he provided was beneficial to the file.
"ÖMER, DURING THE PROCESS, SERVED AS A BANK CARD, HIS BROTHER MADE HIM DO THE ERRANDS"
Ahmet Bol, who is the brother of defendant Ömer Faruk Bol and also his lawyer, stated that Talha Bol only communicated with Ömer and his mother from the Bol family, and noted: "After my father's health deteriorated, Ömer both studied and ran a stationery business and took care of his family. With taking over the stationery, he also took on the debt of my family to Talha Bol. Ömer Faruk is someone who always tries to get by financially, trying to pay off debts by juggling cards. That is how the debt to Talha was formed. Ömer served as a bank card during the process, and his brother made him do the errands. He has no place in this equation."
THE HEARING WAS ADJOURNED
Lawyer Bol argued that his client did not communicate directly with defendant Yılmaz, and that the transactions were carried out through Talha Bol, requesting the removal of judicial control conditions for his client. Other party lawyers also argued that there was no concrete evidence against their clients and that the deficiencies in the file needed to be addressed, requesting acquittal from the court.
After the statements, the hearing was adjourned to continue on Friday, August 29.
FROM THE INDICTMENT
In the indictment prepared by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it is stated that court clerk Ahmet Yılmaz carried out irregular transactions for money in some files, including those of FETÖ suspects, at the request of FETÖ fugitive lawyer Muhammet Talha Bol.
It is also stated that Yılmaz changed file numbers, deleted documents, changed party names, emptied the contents of files, and that he carried out these transactions through the UYAP sessions of the prosecutors whose passwords he knew due to working with them.
The indictment requests that Yılmaz be sentenced to a total of up to 1190 years and 5 months in prison for these actions.
Additionally, the indictment requests that the other 15 defendants be punished for "giving bribes," "being a member of an armed terrorist organization," "violation of confidentiality," "instigating forgery in official documents in a chain manner," and "aiding a criminal."