Many people, including social media phenomenon Dilan Polat and her husband Engin Polat, who were arrested on a number of charges such as money laundering and tax evasion, have been detained since November 5. Lawyer Hüseyin Kaya announced that Dilan Polat wrote a letter addressed to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç.
RELEASE DUE TO CONTRADICTION WITH THE TAX PROCEDURE LAW
The Polat couple and other detainees, who were recently detained on charges of ‘money laundering’, ‘violation of the tax procedure law’ and ‘establishing and leading an organization for the purpose of committing a crime’, were released on the grounds of ‘violation of the tax procedure law’. However, the prosecutor decided to continue their detention on the grounds that work on the file for other charges was continuing. According to the news of Miray Tamer from 10haber, Polat couple’s lawyer Hüseyin Kaya said that this was ‘an appropriate but very late decision’.
LETTER BY DİLAN POLAT TO PRESIDENT ERDOĞAN
On the other hand, Lawyer Hüseyin Kaya, who said that Dilan Polat wrote a letter addressed to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç, stated that he was against it being sent and said, “I did not want it to be sent. Because we, as lawyers, had a letter addressed to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç and said, “I did not want it to be sent. “We are already speaking and making evaluations in the media because we want the law to be effective, not a letter to be effective.” said.
WHAT HAPPENED?
An investigation was launched by the Anatolian Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office against the suspects, including Dilan Polat and Engin Polat, on charges of establishing an organization with the intention of committing a crime, money laundering and violation of the tax law. A preliminary investigation report was prepared by the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) regarding the digital materials and books obtained during the searches at the couple’s companies. According to the report, it was determined that 200 million lira of money was inflow to companies belonging to family members from 3 companies in liquidation, by issuing fake invoices.
Dilan Polat and Engin Polat couple were detained at their residence by the Istanbul Police Department’s Financial Crimes Fighting Branch Directorate teams and were arrested and sent to prison on November 5.
