Threat from the mastermind of Sinan Ateş murder to Ismail Saymaz: We will meet with you.

The trial regarding the assassination of Sinan Ateş, which is in its third session, continues. Tensions escalated one after another during the third day of the trial, which is being held by the Ankara 32nd Heavy Penal Court and involves 22 defendants.

KILIÇDAROĞLU IMITATED

During the first session, instigator Doğukan Çep, who shouted "Where is Mr. Kemal?" to former CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who was sitting next to Sinan Ateş's wife Ayşe Ateş, also shouted "Here I am" when the roll call was taken at the beginning of today's session, implying Kılıçdaroğlu's previous words, "Here I am, I will fight until the end, I am here."

THREAT FROM THE INSTIGATOR TO ISMAIL SAYMAZ

Many politicians and journalists followed the trial, and journalist İsmail Saymaz made remarkable statements about the trial. Saymaz stated that the instigator of Sinan Ateş's murder, the detained Doğukan Çep, nodded at him and said, "We will talk" afterwards. Saymaz also mentioned that Çep blew kisses to other journalists.

"HE BLEW KISSES TO OTHER JOURNALISTS WHEN HE COULDN'T FIND ME"

Saymaz shared the following information during a program he attended: "While I was in the trial, Doğukan Çep shook his head and smiled at me in a threatening manner. He shook his head and said something like 'You called me a drug dealer' or something similar. The hitman Eray Özyağcı also shook his head and eyes. Then Suat Kurt shouted my name from where he was. Today, when I went to the trial, he shook his head and smiled and said, 'We will talk.' When I entered the courtroom late, he blew kisses to other journalists. The level of threat has reached mockery. It's beyond comprehension. In addition, others present there continue to maintain the same threatening attitude. Especially towards me and journalists, or towards politicians, especially Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who are watching the trial. I have never seen such audacity and confidence."

BACKGROUND OF THE INCIDENT

Former President of the Idealist Hearths and academician Sinan Ateş lost his life as a result of an armed attack in Ankara Çankaya on December 30, 2022. Following the incident, which had political and judicial dimensions, a comprehensive investigation was conducted. The legal process regarding the trial of Sinan Ateş, who could not be saved at the hospital where he was taken as seriously injured by the bullet fired from the gun of the perpetrator Eray Özyağcı, continued with the efforts of his wife Ayşe Ateş. The trial, involving 22 defendants, started on Monday, July 1, 2024. According to the prepared indictment, it is requested that the joint perpetrators Eray Özyağcı, Vedat Balkaya, and Suat Kurt be sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment. In addition, it is demanded that Doğukan Çep and Tolgahan Demirbaş be punished with aggravated life imprisonment for instigating the murder, and that they be sentenced to imprisonment for 13 to 20 years for the attempted premeditated murder of the complainant Selman Bozkurt.