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CHP Leader Accuses Former AKP Official of Pressuring Jailed Businessman for False Testimony, Cash - Stockholm Center for Freedom
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CHP leader accuses former AKP official of pressuring jailed businessman for false testimony, cash - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Turkey’s main opposition leader Özgür Özel has accused a former senior figure in the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of attempting to coerce a jailed businessman into giving false testimony and paying $2 million in exchange for his release, Turkish Minute reported. Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chair Özel told reporters at a news conference […]
CHP leader Özgür Özel alleged that businessman Murat Kapki, arrested in the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality investigation, was coerced by AKP lawyer Mücahit Birinci into giving testimony targeting İmamoğlu and Ongun and demanded $2 million. Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç rejected the allegations, saying, "This is a conversation between a lawyer and his client. What does it have to do with the judiciary or the prosecutor?"
AKP lawyer Mücahit Birinci responded to the allegations of slander and bribery against Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality detainees, made by CHP Chairman Özgür Özel.
CHP leader Özgür Özel released the statement defendant businessman Murat Kapki gave to the Tekirdağ Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. The document included AKP lawyer Mücahit Birinci's request for money. Birinci threatened Özel on social media. Özel responded.
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