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(Sözcü Newspaper, 14 August 2021)
Order(ing 'rakı') in the Court!
In Manavgat, Antalya, in December 2019, eight suspects, including
owners of 5-star hotels, were arrested on a variety of charges including
fraud and loansharking. According to the indictment, The suspects
committed 11 different crimes 48 times (!), acquiring 84.5 million TL
(about $10 million) in ill-gotten gains. The prosecutor asked for jail
sentences amounting to between 145 and 491 years, along with fines
equal to 126,000 days.
However (!), Ö.İ., the judge overseeing the trial, ruled that there was not
"definite and convincing evidence" so he acquitted all the suspects
except one. Ertekin Kök, a lawyer for one of the complainants filed
an appeal to a higher court and included a photo of Ö.İ. sitting at the
same 'rakı' (a Turkish alcoholic beverage) table with lead suspect E.B.
at E.B.'s hotel (!).
The prosecutor has opened an investigation and an inspector from
HSK (which oversees judges and prosecutors in Turkey) has been
sent to Antalya.
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