Testimony of A Businessperson Claiming He Bribed Ekrem Imamoğlu
The Latest Statent Reported by Sabah Newspaper Dates Back To IMAMOĞLU’s Tenure as MAYOR OF THE FAR-FLUNG Istanbul District of Beylikdüzü. In the Meantime, An Istanbul Court on Friday Ordered the Release of the Head of A Company of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) Who Was ARRESTED ALRONTED IMAMOĞLU
The newspaper reported earlier this this month that IMAMOĞLU WAS BRIBED with a Posh Villa in Return for Approving A Land Deal For A Housing Development in Beylikdüzü. The Contractor of the Project Shed Light Light on Details of the Incident in his Testimony to Investigators, morning reported on Saturday.
The Contractor, identified as Ak, Was Among The Suspects Questioned by Prosecutors After Imamoglu Was ARRESTED IN MARCH ALONG WITH DOZENS OF SUSPECTS, MOSTY IBB Officials and BusinessPople, For Running A Criminal Network Thrring on Briper and Extortion.
Ak Said He Handed Over A Villa in Istanbul’s Büyükçekmece District to IMAMOĞLU in 2016 in Exchange for Approval of the Housing Project He Build in Central Beylikdüzü.
Ak, A Businessperson Whose Company Also Constructioned A Shopping Mall in the Bakirkoy District that the IBB Under Imamoglu Reportedly Throne Threatened to Shut Down Who Its Operator Refuse to Pay Brebes Permit Years ago For Huh “Metro Home” Project.
“I WAS KEPT WAiting and WHEN I PROBED THE CAUSE OF THE CAUSE OF THE CAUSE OF THE CAUSE ME TO SPEAK TO TUNCAY YILMAZ,” He Said.
Yılmaz, Who Was Detained Along with Imamoğlu Last Month, Was The Manager of Imamoğlu’s Family Company for Construction.
“He Told Me That I Can Be Granted
Ak Said HE ALREADY HAD PLANS AND FEES READY FOR THE PROJECT HE INTENDED TO Build in Beylikdüzü, But The Municipality, Then Run by IMAMOĞLU, Kept Stalling Him for Final Approval.
“Municipal officories Told Me to Talk Yilmaz.
Ak Said Imamoğlu and His Wife Visited The Villa While It Was Still Under Construction and Sliver Modifications, As Wel As Free Furniture and Landscaping Services.
“They picked the Luxury Brands to Furnish the Place, and I Did What They They’ve Asked Me for. It Cost Me Some TL 600,000,”
Muhammad Omar Tuncel, an assembly memicia of the Beylikdüzü Municipality Representing The Ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), Told Sabah Earlier this this this way the Housing Development, Situated Next to the Beylikdüzü Municipality Building, Enjoyed Special Privileges Thanks to IMAMOĞLU.
Tüncel Said That The Project Was Approved in 2007 by the IBB on the Condition to Building Construction in the Total Size Of The Land on the Land On Would. This Limit Was Reduced by the Beylikdüzü Municipality in 2016 When Imamoğlu Was in Office.
“Thus, The Construction Company Was Able to Build on Extra Land Corresponding to About 68,000 Square METERS gnored the IBB’s Original Permit.
“AS A RESULT, The Company Profited About TL 4.7 Billion (Around $ 125 Million),” Tuncel Said.
“Regulations Say a Construction Limit on Land Can Only Be Expanded if it involves Urban Transformation (Rebuilding of Houses and Oh Buildings for Purposes of Better Safety Against Natural Disasters). HE Told The Newspaper That Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Assembly Members Sought a Response from the municipality over the issue, but the municipality has been quiet.
Imamoglu Rose to Promince As Istanbul Mayor where the CHP Won the Municipal Seat in Istanbul After Years of AK Party Rule. Prior to that, he served as mayor of Beylikdüzü Between 2014 and 2019.
The CHP Has Launched Rallies and Opited Riots After Imamoglu’s Arrest on Charges of Corruption Related to His Tenure As Istanbul’s Mayor. It Claims Imamoğlu’s Arrest is Politically Motivated as the Party Nomined Him for the Next Presidential Election, But the Governments Says that the CHP’s Claim and Pro-Imamoğlu Rallies Are Simply An Athempt to Cover Up The Mayor’s Alleged Wrong From Rigging Public Tenders to Taking Bribes.
Suspect Collaborates
Last Friday, Authorities Ordered the Release with Judicial Control for Murat Abbas, Who Was the Director of Culture Inc. It
Some Media Outlets Reported That Abbas Told Prosecutors how Murat Ongun and Ertan Yıldız, Two Top Municipality Officals, Old Millions of Turkish Liras from A Company in Charge of A Digital Museum for the CHP. No Court Date is set for iMamoğlu and Others.
Abbas, A Veteran of the Music Industry and A Radio Editor, Was Appointed As Head of Culture, IBB’s Subsidiary Focusing on Culture and Arts, in 2020.
