Child sexual abuse suspect Alagöz reportedly showed photos taken with state officials to scare the 17-year-old girl against complaining.
According to journalist Barış Pehlivan and Barış Terkoğlu’s book “SS”, Sadullah Alagöz, a businessman who had previously applied to be a candidate for parliament and mayor from the ruling Erdoğan’s AKP party, was listed as a suspect in the investigation of the sexual abuse of a child. It turned out that the Minister of Family and Social Services, Derya Yanık, hosted Alagöz, who is under investigation on charges of sexual abuse of children, at the ministry’s office.
A mother and her 17-year-old daughter, named E.M., came to Turkey from a foreign country last year. While they wanted to start a trading business, they met the businessman Sadullah Alagöz and became partners in a café. However, Alagöz allegedly sexually abused E.M., whom he met to resolve a dispute.
According to her testimony in the investigation file, E.M. experienced the following before the abuse:
He opened his Instagram from his phone, showing me photos of himself with politicians. He told me, ‘I’m going to be president, I’m good with the police chiefs, I’m good with the cops.’ I was so scared, I apologized.
Ankara Public Prosecutor Mahmut Nedim Başarangil took E.M.’s statement on November 1st, 2022. A representative from the Provincial Directorate of Family and Social Services was also present during the questioning taken at the Child Monitoring Center. An investigation was launched on charges of “qualified sexual abuse” and “deprivation of liberty.” Alagöz, who gave a five-page written statement as part of the investigation, claimed that E.M.’s allegations were unfounded.
Alagöz said, “None of the words of these complaints, which are imaginary and slanderous are true and are not based on any official and unofficial documents or evidence.” However, according to the Forensic Medicine Institution’s report dated December 1, 2022, Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) was detected in E.M.’s pants.
The chief of police gave a gift
A week before Alagöz testified as part of the confidential investigation, he visited Ankara Police Chief Servet Yılmaz at his office. When Alagöz posted photos of themselves on his Instagram account, he wrote the following note: ”
On behalf of myself and my board of directors, I would like to thank our Ankara Provincial Police Chief Servet Yılmaz for his valuable gifts and hospitality.
Minister Yanık entertained in her office
The Family Ministry, which intervened in E.M.’s case, also hosted the sexual abuse suspect Alagöz. Family Minister Derya Yanık met with Alagöz at her office at the ministry on February 2nd, 2023. Alagöz also shared his photo with the minister on his Instagram account with the following note:
I visited the Minister of Family, Labor and Social Services of the Republic of Turkey, Mrs. Derya Yanık, in her office. Thank you for your pleasant conversation and hospitality.
Minister Yanık: I don’t know that person
Pehlivan and Terkoğlu, the authors of the book “SS”, also asked Yanık about the scandalous frame. Responding through her press adviser, Yanık said, “I don’t know that person, he came with a delegation.”
Alagöz not detained
Although it has been about six months since the sexual abuse accusation, the indictment has not yet been written, and the suspect Alagöz has not even been taken into custody. It is also in the book that Alagöz is a suspect in another sexual abuse investigation that allegedly took place in 2018 and that the prosecutor’s office has closed the file.
On the social media accounts that Alagöz used to scare the victim E.M., some of the high ranking names with their photos are as follows:
Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu, Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank, Chief of Staff of the Presidency Hasan Doğan, Governor of Ankara Vasip Şahin, President of Ankara Regional Administrative Court Esat Toklu, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Family and Social Services İsmail Ergüneş.
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