The baseless slanders of Ebru Şimşek’s former attorney Ercüment Yaltır about the SRF community had been resolved with the VERDICTS OF AQUITTAL IN FAVOR OF SRF GIVEN by various judicial bodies. 

Ercüment Yaltır, had filed a criminal complaint to the Chief Public Prosecutor of Istanbul, in respect of  Art.313 (constituting an organization to commit crime) against the members of SRF community. The Chief Public Prosecutor determining that this offense has not been committed, decided for the dismissal of proceedings. Upon the appeal of the complainant, this decision had been ratified by Beyoğlu High Criminal Court. 

From that date till today, this claim had been investigated 7 times upon the appeals of Ercüment Yaltır and his friends. All of those investigations eventuated with dismissal of proceedings and these verdicts were ratified by the High Criminal Courts. These  decisions of dismissal of proceedings ratified by the verdicts of the High Criminal Courts, are conclusive evidences stating that the defendants of our case have neither committed the offences defined in Art.313 of the former TCL, nor in Art.220 of the current law. 

These decisions of dismissal of proceedings given about the defendants of the SRF Case are listed below; 

  1. Decision of dismissal of proceedings dated 18.10.2005 and numbered 2005/27549Hz.2005/12003, given by Chief Public Prosecutor of Istanbul 
  2. Decision of dismissal of proceedings dated 31.12.2002 and numbered 2002/60013Hz2002/18838K. given by Chief Public Prosecutor of Istanbul and verdict of motion denied on the law dated 28.04.2005 and numbered 2003/458Mut. given about the appeal of verdict for the dismissal of proceedings by Beyoğlu 3rd High Criminal Court. 
  3. Decision of dismissal of proceedings dated 30.06.2003 and numbered 2002/39606Hz2003/8860K. given by Chief Public Prosecutor of Istanbul and verdict of motion denied on the law dated 28.04.2005 and numbered 2003/458Mut. given about the appeal of verdict for the dismissal of proceedings by Beyoğlu 3rd High Criminal Court.  
  4. Decision of dismissal of proceedings dated 15.10.2003 and numbered 2002/21669 Hz. 2003/6120 K. given by Public Prosecutor of Bagcilar and verdict of motion denied on the law dated 02.01.2004 and numbered ve 2003/894 D.İş. given about the appeal of verdict for the dismissal of proceedings by Eyup 2nd High Criminal Court.
  5.  Decision of dismissal of proceedings dated 01.07.2004 and numbered 2004/7693 Hz. - 2004/4749 K. given by Chief Public Prosecutor of Uskudar and verdict of motion denied on the law dated 09.09.2004 and numbered 2004/437 Müt. given about the appeal of verdict for the dismissal of proceedings by Kadıköy 2nd High Criminal Court.  
  6. Decision of dismissal of proceedings dated 27.03.2006 and numbered 2005/51724 Hz. -2006/2432 K. given by Chief Public Prosecutor of Istanbul about Ercüment Yaltır’s last complaint. 
  7. Decision of dismissal of proceedings numbered 2005/51724 Hz. -2006/2432 K. given by Chief Public Prosecutor of Istanbul about Tennur Çalışkan’s complaint.

After it was determined that Ercüment Yaltır had filed these complaints with ulterior motives repeatedly from different judicial courts, it has been established by the 2nd Court of First Instance of Istanbul that he had committed the crime of “sequential slandering”. Thus he had received jail sentence for 3 months 15 days. Since these offenses committed by Ercüment Yaltır were done on a continuous basis, the penalty given had not been changed to a pecuniary penalty and not been delayed. It has been decided to enforce the jail sentence as it is.