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CHRONOLOGY — December 25 file.

All key events from the opening of the investigation on March 6, 2012 to today.

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Timeline

Mar 6, 2012

Investigation opened

The Financial Crimes Bureau opens the multi-actor corruption file 2012/656.

2012 – 2013

20 months of wiretaps

19 separate judges across 10 courts issue wiretap orders for 71 suspects. Physical surveillance and bank transfers logged.

2013

Yasin Al-Qadi

UN-listed person's entry into Turkey via fabricated documents is documented.

Dec 25, 2013

OPERATION OBSTRUCTED

The court-ordered second wave is not executed; new Financial Crimes chiefs refuse the search order.

Dec 26, 2013

Prosecutor Akkaş removed

Prosecutor Muammer Akkaş's jurisdiction is stripped; he issues a press statement.

Dec 2013 – Jan 2014

File transferred

Reassigned in order to İrfan Fidan, İsmail Uçar, Fuzuli Aydoğdu.

Jul 25, 2014

Sham non-prosecution

The file is formally closed by a KYOK order.

2015–2016

Financial Crimes officers detained

Officers and chiefs who ran the operation are detained in waves.

post-Jul 2016

Counter indictment

"Coup attempt" charges; the joint trial begins at Istanbul 13th and 14th Heavy Penal Courts.

2017–2024

AYM / ECtHR

Individual applications; violation rulings; the Yalçınkaya judgment (2023).