Tutuklanan Dilan ve Engin Polat’ın ifadeleri açığa çıktı – Türkiye’de Son Dakika Haberleri
Engin and Dilan Polat couple, who are under investigation for the crimes of “Money Laundering Prevention, Violation of Tax Procedure Law, Betting and Gambling in Football and Other Sports Competitions” initiated by the Anatolian Republic Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, were detained in an operation by the Financial Crimes Unit. A total of 24 suspects were captured in the operation, while the procedures of 18 suspects were completed at the police station and they were transferred to the Anatolian Courthouse. While the procedures of 6 suspects were still ongoing, after a total of 19 hours of procedures, 12 people, including Engin Polat, Dilan Polat, Sıla Doğu, Sezgin Polat, Ahmet Gün, Can Doğu, and Can Polat, were arrested, and 6 suspects were released under judicial control. Dilan Polat, who is among the 12 suspects arrested by the Anatolian 1st Peace Criminal Court, stated in her statement that she repeated her testimony at the police station and said that individuals with the surname “Polat” are relatives of her spouse, and individuals with the surname “Doğu” are her relatives, and she does not know the other suspects. Dilan Polat said in her statement, “The companies that I am a partner in are beauty centers. We provide beauty-related services to women. I am the face of the advertisements. I do the advertisements for our family companies, branch advertisements. I deal with the training and discipline of the employees in my beauty center. My main job is advertising. I only do advertising,” she said. “I DON’T KNOW HOW TO ISSUE INVOICES” Dilan Polat, who mentioned that she has two young children, claimed that her children are very attached to her and she has no knowledge about the financial issues related to the companies. Polat said in her statement, “I don’t know how to issue invoices. I know that we have accountants in the companies and they deal with tax matters. I have no knowledge that illegal money, also known as black money, comes to these companies. I have not witnessed such a thing. I don’t know what betting is. The money that comes does not have any relation to illegal betting. I have not heard such a thing from anyone. We are a family, there cannot be such a thing as an organization. My spouse’s family became like my own family because I don’t have my own family. As far as I know about tax matters, our accountants and bookkeepers take care of it. I have no involvement in fake invoices or fake bills. I don’t even know how to issue invoices. My husband takes care of the commercial aspect of our business. I did not commit the crimes attributed to me. I have no connection to them. Let a decision be made for me to be tried without detention,” she said. DILAN POLAT’S FATHER KILLED HER MOTHER Dilan Polat’s lawyer stated that Dilan Polat’s father murdered her mother and that she had a traumatic life, and said that her client married Engin Polat when she was 17 years old. The lawyer said that his client entered the business life by doing birth photography and that the number of her followers on social media increased over time and she took advantage of this. He stated that they have 130 beauty companies and the source of money coming to the company is known. “We are a family company consisting of 6 companies” Engin Polat, in his statement, said, “I have already given a statement about this issue. I repeat my statement. The suspects with the surname Polat are my relatives. The suspects with the surname Doğu are relatives of my spouse, Ahmet Gün is our accountant, I don’t know Beyza and Ceyda. Gürsel Yılmaz is my uncle, Metin Yılmaz is also my uncle, Nilgül Yılmaz is the wife of Metin Yılmaz. Yeşim Altınkalemdalkıran is the owner of the polyclinic we manage, she is a doctor. I don’t know someone named Zekai Tepe. We are a family company consisting of 6 companies. We have beauty centers. We have a company for selling equipment and products. We have a company for cosmetic sales. We have a construction company, an education company. We provide certification there. We are a family company. I directly manage 3 companies. These companies are Dilan Polat Inc., Milda Construction Real Estate Inc., D.Polat Aesthetics and Health Services Inc. The other companies are owned by my father, my brother, and Nilgül Yılmaz, the wife of Metin Yılmaz. Dipo Med. Medical is my father’s company, Rise And Shine company is managed by my father as a proxy. Especially, I follow the 3 companies that I manage. My brother Alper Kürşat follows two companies, while my father Sezgin follows the other two,” he said. “THE INVOICES WE RECEIVE MAY HAVE ISSUES, IT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST” Engin Polat, in his statement, said, “We exchange ideas with each other. We also borrow from each other when we need it. These debts can be given in cash. All our suppliers are from Turkey, they are well-known companies. They issue invoices to us. We buy our products. We are not an organization, we are a family company. We may have made a tax mistake, an error. There may be problematic invoices that we received. It has happened in the past. We have received all the materials of every invoice we have received. We have never given anyone a fake invoice. All our sales are invoiced. I don’t have a company that collects money. I have sometimes bought cars and real estate with this money. I did not do this to launder money. I made these investments with the money I earned from commercial activities. After establishing Milda Real Estate in December 2022 to improve my credit feasibility, I transferred all my assets there. The reason for this was that I was about to start a construction project. The permit was about to be issued, but this process stopped due to the freezing of my accounts. When there is a need for cash, we can deposit and withdraw money from banks in cash. We do it this way when there is no trade between the two companies at that moment and we need cash. I have no connection with illegal
