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Found guilty of five charges of evading US sanctions against Iran, Halkbank Deputy General Director Hakan Atilla’s summary judgement began at 5 p.m. Turkey’s local time yesterday. Judge Berman sentenced Atilla to 32 months in prison.

Summary judgement of the trial, in which former Halkbank Deputy General Director Atilla has been tried, to be held tomorrow has been adjourned to May 7.

New York Prosecutor’s Office has demanded at least 15 years and 8 month of imprisonment for Mehmet Hakan Atilla in a petition it submitted to the court ahead of the hearing to be held on April 11.

Judge Berman who is ruling the case of Halkbank official Hakan Atilla, who is tried in Manhattan on charge of evading US sanctions on Iran, has demanded the details of lawyers’ meetings with authorities from Turkey and the United States.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released a statement about the Hakan Atilla case concluded in the US. The ministry qualified the verdict as “an unfair and unfortunate development”.

Former Halkbank Deputy General Director Atilla has been found guilty of five counts of six charges. Atilla was acquitted of money laundering.

Following the “US vs. Atilla” trial from the hearing room, CHP’s Aksünger has said that Atilla will probably be sentenced to 5 years in jail and “Turkey may be fined around 10 billion dollars”.

Halkbank Deputy General Manager Atilla has been arrested in New York in Rıza Sarraf probe.