YENİ Party reacts to Aziz İhsan Aktaş case: 'The real legal murder is in the deal built around Aktaş'
Translated from Turkish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
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- YENİ Party criticizes a court ruling that handed a 2-year, 8-month sentence to Aziz İhsan Aktaş, who faced a potential 280-year prison term.
- The party alleges the sentence resulted from a "deal" involving Aktaş, suggesting he became an informant to secure a lighter punishment.
- YENİ Party claims this alleged deal led to convictions of mayors based on Aktaş's testimony, while he was acquitted of bribery and money laundering charges.
Murat Emir, the Deputy Group Chairman of the YENİ Party, has strongly criticized a recent court decision concerning the case of Aziz İhsan Aktaş. Aktaş, who was initially facing a potential sentence of 280 years in prison, received a significantly lighter sentence of 2 years and 8 months.
The real legal murder is in the deal established through the so-called 'number one' of the case, Aziz İhsan Aktaş!
Emir described the outcome as a "legal murder," asserting that the real crime lies in the "deal" orchestrated around Aktaş, who is considered the central figure in the case. The party alleges that Aktaş was granted leniency because he agreed to provide testimony, effectively becoming an informant rather than facing the full extent of the charges against him.
Why? Because this person did not become an informant; he became a slanderer by fulfilling the political order requested from him!
According to the YENİ Party's statement, Aktaş's testimony, particularly his claims of giving bribes, allowed him to benefit from effective remorse provisions and be acquitted of bribery charges. However, the party contends that these same alleged bribes, described as "imaginary" by Emir, were used as the basis for convicting mayors.
The big reward for the ordered slanders was delivered today!
Furthermore, Emir pointed out that Aktaş was also acquitted of "money laundering from the proceeds of crime" charges. His companies and assets, which had been seized and transferred to the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF), were reportedly returned to him. The YENİ Party questions whether Aktaş genuinely shared information or if he effectively bought back his wealth and freedom in exchange for fulfilling political objectives.
Did this person tell what he knew, or did he buy back his wealth and freedom in exchange for hitting the political targets set before him?
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.
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