A
What was the operation?
The second operation wave planned for the morning of December 25, 2013 was the open wave of an investigation that began on March 6, 2012 and ran approximately 20 months. It covered 15 separate tender frauds, the rigged acquisition of the Sabah-ATV and Habertürk media groups, the no-tender transfer of the Etiler Police Academy land, the entry of UN-sanctioned Yasin Al-Qadi via fabricated documents, and large land transfers to the TÜRGEV foundation.
The second wave, despite a valid court order, was not executed. The new Financial Crimes chiefs appointed at midnight refused the search order. Prosecutor Muammer Akkaş was removed the next day; the file was closed soon after.
B
Categories of acts
- Media pool (Sabah-ATV) — $550M of bribery pool money for acquisition; Zirve Holding; Binali Yıldırım coordination.
- Ciner Media capture — Habertürk-Show TV; one year of broadcast interference for bribery; M. Fatih Saraç.
- Etiler Police Academy — 32 dönüm public land transferred without tender; Bosphorus 360; fabricated "risky area" report.
- Yasin Al-Qadi — UN-listed person admitted via fabricated documents; attempts to transfer thermal power plants to his control.
- Infrastructure tenders — North Marmara Highway (₺7.2B); railway, metro, road, Marmaray tenders; 10% commission.
- Mining & energy — attempt to transfer thermal plants to Al-Qadi (~€930M); Paşaköy mining license.
- TÜRGEV — Maslak 1453; $100M land grant in exchange for $1B unlawful zoning approvals.
- Urla villas — Latif Topbaş; illegal construction in protected zone; bribes to university officials.
- Sıtkı Ayan — parallel file 2013/134184; "zeroing-out" wiretaps; Iran sanctions breach.
Legal scale
71 suspects, 20 months of wiretap orders issued by 19 separate judges across 10 different courts — one of the most extensive wiretap files in Turkish judicial history.