New developments in Sinan Ateş murder case: Meeting between instigator and gunman recorded
The Ankara 5th Criminal Court of Peace assessed that there was no hostile relationship between the detained suspect and the victim that would have required the murder, but determined that it was highly likely that the instigator of the incident had contact with the detained suspect, Elay Ocaci. For this reason, it was decided to record the public and private conversations of the detained suspect, Elay Ocaci, in prison.
The Ankara First Criminal Peace Court said, “As part of the investigation conducted by the Ankara Chief Prosecutor’s Office on the charge of ‘intentional murder,’ the suspects have strong grounds for suspicion based on concrete evidence regarding the murder of Sinan Ateş.” It occurred on December 30, 2022. Since no evidence was obtained in other ways, the scope of the file and the detection report were evaluated together. Since there is a strong suspicion based on concrete evidence that the suspect committed the crime charged, but it is impossible to eavesdrop on and record communications and evaluate signal information, it is requested to make a judgment on behalf of the people. To obtain evidence in other ways. It was revealed that the request of the Ankara Chief Prosecutor’s Office Technical Bureau dated January 19, 2023 was accepted.
It was therefore decided to listen and record the communications of Emre Yüksel and Turgahan Demirbaş for two months. The Ankara First Criminal Peace Court also decided to allow Turgahan Demirbaş and Emre Yüksel to use technological means to monitor their activities in public places and at their workplaces and to make audio or video recordings for three weeks.