Timeline
Investigation opened
The Financial Crimes Bureau opens the multi-actor corruption file 2012/656.
20 months of wiretaps
19 separate judges across 10 courts issue wiretap orders for 71 suspects. Physical surveillance and bank transfers logged.
Yasin Al-Qadi
UN-listed person's entry into Turkey via fabricated documents is documented.
OPERATION OBSTRUCTED
The court-ordered second wave is not executed; new Financial Crimes chiefs refuse the search order.
Prosecutor Akkaş removed
Prosecutor Muammer Akkaş's jurisdiction is stripped; he issues a press statement.
File transferred
Reassigned in order to İrfan Fidan, İsmail Uçar, Fuzuli Aydoğdu.
Sham non-prosecution
The file is formally closed by a KYOK order.
Financial Crimes officers detained
Officers and chiefs who ran the operation are detained in waves.
Counter indictment
"Coup attempt" charges; the joint trial begins at Istanbul 13th and 14th Heavy Penal Courts.
AYM / ECtHR
Individual applications; violation rulings; the Yalçınkaya judgment (2023).