Defendant’s Lawyer in Azra Murder Case Exposed as Fraudster
A lawyer accused of being a fraudster
The lawyer of the defendant who killed Azra turned out to be a fraudster
AA’s father, who was arrested for drug trafficking, filed a complaint against Mehmet Ali Başaslan, the lawyer of Mustafa Murat Ayhan, who killed Akdeniz University Faculty of Communication Department of Journalism student Azra Gülendam Haytaoğlu on July 28, 2021, cut her into 13 pieces and died in prison, alleging that he was defrauded.
After the complaint, the prosecutor’s office launched an investigation. In the investigation file, it is stated that AA’s father contacted Mehmet Ali Başaslan, a lawyer recommended by a prisoner in his son’s cell, and that they met in a coffee shop in early January 2023, stating that Başaslan could follow up this file in return for 80 thousand TL, and that AA could do so within 2-3 months. It was stated that if they wanted to be released early, they should be given around 150-200 thousand TL in addition to the attorney’s fee.
Additionally, in the file, it is stated that ‘He said that he could meet with the judges-prosecutors looking at the file in exchange for a sum of money and ensure his early release, and that he would return to their side 1 week after meeting with the people looking at the file. About a week later, he called them again and told them that the judges-prosecutors looking at the file would pay 450 thousand TL. “He said that what he wanted, that he could get 40 thousand TL instead of 80 thousand TL, that 5 thousand TL would go to the file costs, and that if they gave 495 thousand TL in this way, his son would be released within 2-3 months and acquitted from the file.”
It is stated in the file that AA’s father then told Başaslan that they found this amount to be too much, and Başaslan stated that he would not receive this amount, and that if this money was not given, his sons had other files and that he would be sentenced to 15-16 years and would remain in prison for a long time. The parties stated that he took advantage of the difficult situation and convinced them, and then they paid this amount to him with the debts they collected from their friends, and they paid back the debts they collected to their people by selling a house registered in the names of his wife HA and his brother. thousand TL, 21 thousand TL on 10 February 2023, 25 thousand TL on 15 February 2023 and 25 thousand TL on 28 February 2023, a total of 340 thousand TL by money transfer, and 7 thousand dollars were given to him in person on 10 January 2023, 4 In the first hearing held in April 2023, a verdict of conviction was given for his son AA, upon which they realized that Lawyer Mehmet Ali Başaslan had received all the money in question fraudulently and defrauded the parties, and that his son had been in prison since December 2022, and that the said lawyer had no He stated that he did not return the money in question to the parties in any way, and that there was no written contract between him and the aforementioned lawyer. In this way, in order to ensure the release of his son from prison, he paid 450 thousand TL to the judges and prosecutors looking at the file, and 45 thousand TL for attorney’s fees and It was stated that he filed a complaint against Lawyer Mehmet Ali Başaslan, who defrauded them by charging them as expenses.
MONEY TO BAŞASLAN’S WIFE’S ACCOUNT
It is stated in the file that 340 thousand TL was sent to the account of HOB, the wife of the complained lawyer Mehmet Ali Başaslan, between January 10 and February 28, 2023, and 7 thousand dollars was given in person on January 10, 2023, and that the said amounts were requested to be given to judicial officials. It was noted that the voice recording was also included.
‘HE WAS ARRESTED’
It was also noted in the investigation file that the suspect Mehmet Ali Başaslan was arrested by the Antalya 5th Criminal Judgeship of Peace.
