The mandate placed on the company of the family of social media phenomenon Tayyargil, who was on trial for black money charges, has been lifted.
Özlem Altınok Öz, known by the nickname “Tayyargil” on social networks, and her husband Tayyar Taylan Öz appeared before a judge on charges of concealing the source of their illegal assets.
Unarrested defendants Özlem Atınok Öz, Tayyar Taylan Öz, their business partner İbrahim Karaorhanlı and their lawyer Mustafa Tırtır attended the first hearing at the Istanbul Anatolian Criminal Court of First Instance No. 2.
After the indictment was read, the defendants were identified and their pleas entered.
“I HAVE NO MONTHLY INCOME”
Defendant Özlem Altınok Öz, who claimed that she is an academic nurse and has no monthly income because she is not currently working, defended that she knew of the accusation against her and did not accept it.
The defendant, Tayyar Taylan Öz, claimed that he is a medical doctor, earns 100 thousand liras per month, and that he and his wife shared social media posts during the pandemic while working as doctors.
“We are being punished while waiting for a medal”
Öz said that they started a brand after her husband was fired during the pandemic and the growth of their social media accounts, but they were not successful and explained the following in her defense:
“- Then we met İbrahim Karaorhanlı and we grew a lot as a brand and paid large taxes.
– After accusations on social media that we were laundering money, an investigation was launched against us and we went bankrupt.
“While waiting for the medal, we are being punished by false accusations.”
JUDGE'S POLAT ENGİN QUESTION
Öz, the hearing judge asked, “The money was deposited into your brother's account from Engin Polat and his companies, what was the reason?” “At that time, we advertised Polat products through my wife's social network account. Payment was transferred to my brother's account because I was in debt.” he replied.
Defendant İbrahim Karaorhanlı said, “We are in a difficult situation due to the appointment of a trustee for our company. We want all our measures to be lifted. I wish they had executed us, but our names will not be exposed because of dirty money.” He excused himself by saying.
Mustafa Tırtır, the defendant's lawyer, stated that his client Özlem Altınok Öz misunderstood the question about her monthly income during the identification process and added that her average income is 100 thousand liras.
THE DECISION OF THE AUTHORIZED PERSON IS ABANDONED
Claiming that his client had been slandered, Tırtır demanded measures against the personal and corporate assets of the defendants as well as the annulment of the decision of the trustee appointed for “Medelina Sağlık ve Reklam Hizmetleri Ltd. Şti.”
In announcing its interim decision, the court adjourned the hearing by ordering the removal of the trustee appointed for the company and the confiscation order, while continuing the action against the defendant's personal assets.
