türkçe link to original Turkish article
(Hürriyet Newspaper, 5 December 2025)
Sort of like shopping at COSCO.
Erdal Timurtaş arrived at the judicial depository at 7:40 a.m. on
November 13th. Kilograms of gold and silver had been placed in the
judicial depository following an operation conducted the previous month.
Because he was a courthouse employee, Erdal Timurtaş's presence
went unnoticed. Timurtaş opened the safe and placed 25 kilograms of
gold and 50 kilograms of silver in a garbage bag. He loaded the gold
and silver into a grocery cart used for transporting files and carried it
to his vehicle in the parking lot.
The incident came to light on December 1, 2025, when the public
prosecutor responsible for the Deposit Office of the Büyükçekmece
Chief Public Prosecutor's Office discovered during a routine inspection
that Timurtaş, who worked at the deposit office, had not been to work
for a long time. Suspicious, the prosecutor had the deposit officer in
charge, Kemal Demir, open the safes, where the keys were kept, and
found them empty.
Small potatoes, by comparison.
A detailed inventory revealed that 25 kg of gold (9,906 grams of gold,
49 Reşat gold coins, 438 necklaces, 66 grams of earrings, 5 kilograms
of gold bars, 7 gold bars, 167 full gold coins, 606 bracelets, 1 kilogram
of 477-gram bracelets, 376 half gold coins, 1,328 quarter gold coins,
40 Republic gold coins, 2,701 grams of various jewelry, 487 Ata gold
coins, and 6 gremse gold coins) and 50 kg of silver, totaling 147 million
lira, were missing.
Vacationing in the UK. (!)
A detention warrant was issued for janitor Erdal Timurtaş and officer
Kemal Demir, who were identified from camera recordings. While
Kemal Demir was taken into custody, it was determined that Erdal
Timurtaş had fled to England with his wife and children at 8:22 a.m.
on the morning of November 19, 2025. An arrest warrant was issued
for Erdal Timurtaş and his wife, Esma Timurtaş. The Chief Public
Prosecutor's Office also requested a red notice for Erdal Timurtaş
and his wife to the Ministry of Justice.
Kemal Demir, who was referred to the courthouse, stated in his
statement to the prosecutor: "I reported the incident to the prosecutor
responsible for the escrow. Everyone knows Erdal Timurtaş has
gambling debts. Erdal sent a message saying, 'Leave me alone,
don't call, don't ask.' He then deleted the WhatsApp message.
On December 1st, he sent another message to the group saying,
'I sold the house. I separated from my wife.'" Demir was arrested
on charges of embezzlement.
Erdal Timurtaş, who has worked at the Büyükçekmece Courthouse
for approximately four years, is described by those around him as
trustworthy (!), well-intentioned, and respectful. His wife, Esma
Timurtaş, works as a Turkish teacher at a school very close to their
home.
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