The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has filed a controversial request to join the Sinan Ateş murder case as an “injured party,” naming 154 prominent individuals they want summoned to court. MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli, with this list, targets prominent figures, alleging that they have “systematically maligned the party” through their reporting on MHP-related individuals involved in the case. (Photo: MHP)
The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) targeted 154 prominent figures, alleging that they have “systematically maligned the party” through their reporting on the contentious Sinan Ateş murder case.
Barış Terkoğlu, a columnist for Cumhuriyet, reported that MHP has filed a controversial request to join the Sinan Ateş murder case as an “injured party.”
In their request, the MHP included an extensive list of 154 individuals, demanding the court to summon them for questioning.
The list comprises prominent political leaders, journalists, legal experts, and academics, including Murat Yetkin of YetkinReport.
The MHP’s application alleged that the names in the list “have systematically maligned the party in alliance with global powers.”
The party claimed that “separatist, liberal, Marxist, and FETÖ-affiliated structures” have targeted the party through coordinated efforts over Sinan Ateş murder case.
The court rejected the request.
The list has sparked further debate about MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli’s dissatisfaction with the handling of the Sinan Ateş murder case.
Sinan Ateş, the former leader of the Grey Wolves, the youth wing of the MHP, was killed in 2022 in Ankara. The case has been particularly contentious due to allegations involving individuals connected to the MHP.
It has also caused friction between the MHP and its political ally, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s the Justice and Development Party (AKP). [Read: “Sinan Ateş murder: The catalyst for MHP-AKP tensions”]
“Currently, from Tolgahan Demirbaş to Emre Yüksel, the defendants, and from Olcay Kılavuz to Ahmet Yiğit Yıldırım, a significant portion of the suspects (of the Sinan Ateş case) are from the MHP and the Grey Wolves leadership. It is notable that the MHP is complaining not about these individuals whose names are involved in the murder, but about those questioning the murder. It is clear that the MHP leadership is trying to prevent discussions about the murder,” Terkoğlu wrote.
Here are the list of the names MHP targets.
Politicians: Özgür Özel, Deniz Yavuzyılmaz, Gökhan Günaydın, Ali Mahir Başarır, Sezgin Tanrıkulu, Murat Bakan, Yunus Emre, Özgür Karabat, Cumhur Uzun, Ali Öztunç, Mustafa Adıgüzel, Mahir Polat, Ümit Özdağ, Müsavat Dervişoğlu, Uğur Poyraz, Turhan Çömez, Buğra Kavuncu, Ahmet Davutoğlu, Selçuk Özdağ, Ali Babacan, Erkan Baş, Levent Tüzel, Sevda Karaca, Alper Taş, Remzi Çayır, Hüseyin Baş, Salih Uzun, Cem Toker, Doğan Aydal, Ahat Andican, Aytun Çıray, Bahattin Yücel, Ali Haydar Fırat, Emin Şirin, Fikri Sağlar, Gülay Yedekçi, Mustafa Böğürcü, Nazif Okumuş, Önay Alpago, Bahadır Erdem, Turan Aydoğan, Yavuz Ağıralioğlu, Yavuz Değirmenci, Gaye Usluer, Nesrin Nas, Ufuk Söylemez, Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit.
Journalists: Murat Muratoğlu, Akif Beki, Ali Kemal Erdem, Altan Sancar, Asuman Aranca, Atakan Sönmez, Ayşen Şahin, Bahadır Özgür, Barış Pehlivan, Caner Taşpınar, Çiğdem Toker, Deniz Zeyrek, Dinçer Gökçe, Nedim Türkmen, Elfin Tataroğlu, Elif Doğan Şentürk, Doğan Şentürk, Ersin Eroğlu, Fatih Ergin, Fatih Polat, Fırat Fıstık, Fikret Bila, Hakan Çelenk, Hilmi Hacaloğlu, Hüsnü Mahalli, İbrahim Kahveci, İnanç Uysal, İslam Özkan, İsmail Saymaz, Kemal Göktaş, Masum Gök, Mehmet Bal, Mehmet Tezkan, Merdan Yanardağ, Miyase İlknur, Murat Ağırel, Murat Karan, Murat Yetkin, Nevşin Mengü, Nevzat Çiçek, Nurcan Gökdemir, Orhan Uğurluoğlu, Özlem Akarsu Çelik, Emre Kongar, Sertaç Eş, Seyhan Avşar, Taha Akyol, Timur Soykan, Uğur Dündar, Yaşar Aydın, Yavuz Oğhan, Yavuz Selim Demirağ, Yıldız Yazıcıoğlu, Zübeyde Sarı, Mustafa Balbay, Mustafa Kurdaş, Hilal Köylü, Orhan Bursalı, Umut Taştan, Alican Uludağ, Namık Koçak, Özlem Gürses, Yalçın Doğan.
Members of Judiciary: Celal Ülgen, Afşin Hatipoğlu, Bülent Yücetürk, Ruşen Gültekin, Figen Çalıkuşu, Gürkan Çakıroğlu, İlhan Cihaner, Mehmet Saral, Muzaffer Nerse, Hasan Sınar, Salim Şen, Gamze Pamuk Ateşli.
Academics/Researchers: Can Selçuki, Ceren Kumbasar Mumay, Güven Gürkan Öztan, Berk Esen, Can Kakışım, Haldun Solmaztürk, İbrahim Uslu, Eren Aksoyoğlu, Erol Mütercimler, Mehmet Ali Kulat, Mehmet Yaşar Altındağ, Oğul Aktuna, Mithat Baydur, Öner Günçavdı, Sait Yılmaz, Ersin Kalaycıoğlu, İpek Özkal Sayan, Semih Turhan, Sezin Öney, Suat Özçelebi, Seda Demiralp, Osman Sert, Burak Cop, Barış Övgün, Necati Özkan, Tacire Bektaş, Tayfun Atay, Onur Alp Yılmaz, Gülgün Erdoğan Tosun.
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