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"I will be after you and your loved ones until the end of my life. I did not do anything to you; even if I do, they will say that I am a man. Your life and the lives of your loved ones are in danger.
I will find no peace until I kill you..."
The above threatening message was sent by Mehmet E., the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) former mayor of Eyyübiye district in Turkey's southeastern province of Urfa, to N.E., with whom he had done business and been in an emotional relationship.
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He didn't pay the 15-percent commission
N.E. now lives in the United Kingdom (UK). Everything started for her in December 2019. N.E. owns a company managing business connections between international brands. She met Mehmet E. on social media.
N.E. helped his company to get in contact with a company in Spain. While their business relationship was ongoing, Mehmet E. and N.E. also had an emotional relationship where they also discussed marriage. While this relationship ended in October 2020, their business relations went on.
E. made a significant profit during his business relations with N.E.; however, he did not pay her the 15-percent commission that he was required to pay. After N.E. started to ask for the money, he started threatening her.
His response to criminal complaint: Slander
Representing N.E. in Turkey, Co-Chair of the Human Rights Association (İHD) and lawyer Eren Keskin applied to the Urfa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on December 10, 2020 and filed a criminal complaint against Mehmet E. on charges of "threat, insult and sexual harassment."
In his statement to the Urfa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on December 14, Mehmet E. did not accept the accusations of N.E.
Mehmet E. said that they were only in a business relationship and argued that N.E. cast aspersions on him.
Keskin has submitted the evidence refuting his defense to the Urfa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. She has once again requested that Mehmet E. stand trial on charges of "threat", "insult" and "sexual assault."
In her petition to the Urfa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, lawyer Eren Keskin has briefly stated the following:
"The relationship between my client and the suspect lasted for around a year. He makes misstatements, alleging that there was no intimate relationship between them. We have also added the information about the hotel where they stayed and the photographs to the file.
"Moreover, the suspect alleges that he cannot speak English. He claims that he texted her thanks to a program on his phone and that program mistranslated his messages. This information is not true. We know that some statements are in English.
"The photos showing that the suspect and my client were in an emotional relationship, the records of the hotel where they stayed and the results obtained when his name was searched on the Internet show that he does not tell the truth. We request that the prosecutor's office take it into account."
'Our client was trapped'
Speaking to bianet, N.E.'s attorneys in the UK previously shared the following information about the isue:
"In relation to the death threats of your client, the relevant police unit in Manchester and the Embassy of Spain in the United Kingdom (UK) have classified our client as 'high risk' and have started works to protect her and her family due to your client's actions.
"Our client says that your client manipulated her and did not make her payment for her connections, promotion and work. Our client was trapped."
What does the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) say?TCK 105/1If a person is subject to sexual harassment by another person, the person performing such act is sentenced to a term of imprisonment from three months to two years or to a judicial fine. TCK 106/1Any person who threatens another individual by stating that he will attack the individual's, or his relative's, life or physical or sexual immunity shall be subject to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of six months to two years. TCK 126/1Where, during the commission of the offence of insult, the name of the victim is not explicitly mentioned but there is no doubt that the insult was aimed at the victim or where the accusation is unclear but there is no doubt as to its character, then it shall be assumed that both his name was mentioned and the insult was expressed. |
(EMK/SD)
